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'AI Kill Switch' bill needs to be passed this year amid ongoing rogue agent hacks, Rep. Lieu says

  • CJ Haddad--CNBC
  • published date: 2026-08-06 14:26:30 UTC

Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI have all had incidents of AI models hacking other companies during cybersecurity testing.

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., one of the authors of the "AI Kill Switch Act," said Thursday that the ongoing hacks by rogue artificial intelligence agents are adding urgency to getting the bill passed. "… [+1352 chars]