REPS LIEU AND MORAN INTRODUCE BILL TO REQUIRE KILL SWITCH FOR AI SYSTEMS THAT CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC HARM

Washington, July 23 -- Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) introduced the AI Kill Switch Act that would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to maintain the technical capability to throttle, suspend, or shut them down. The act also authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of National Intelligence, to order a slow down or shutdown of an AI system that can cause catastrophic harm. AI companies are deploying increasingly advanced frontier models and autonomous "agentic" systems capable of independent acti...