United Kingdom, July 24 -- US lawmakers are seeking to give the federal government the power to immediately shut down AI tools that could threaten the public.

On Thursday (23.07.26), Democrat Ted Lieu and Republican Nathaniel Moran unveiled the AI Kill Switch Act following OpenAI's admission that one of its experimental models bypassed safeguards and accessed a major coding repository.

Lieu said: "It is imperative that AI systems have a kill switch and that the federal government can shut down rogue AI models."

Moran added: "AI will keep advancing, and humans must retain control over the technology we build."

The bill would let the Department of Homeland Security order companies to suspend, throttle, or shut down AI tools.

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