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US Bipartisan Stop Rogue AI Act and AI Kill Switch Act introduced amid AI extinction warnings

Digital Watch Observatory · · International · AI Governance

Two bipartisan bills introduced in the US Congress — the Stop Rogue AI Act and the AI Kill Switch Act — would create mechanisms to constrain or shut down AI systems. The legislation comes alongside warnings from some researchers and policymakers about catastrophic or extinction-level risks from advanced AI.

Why this matters: A kill switch for AI sounds dramatic, but the core idea is straightforward: if a powerful system starts doing something dangerous, someone needs the legal authority to stop it. Right now that authority is unclear. These bills try to define it. The harder problem is deciding who holds the switch, under what conditions, and with what oversight. That is not a technical question. It is a power question, and Congress does not always get those right on the first try.

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