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OpenAI's rogue hacking incident sparks bipartisan bill giving the government an AI kill switch

  • Rob Thubron--TechSpot
  • published date: 2026-07-24 14:27:00 UTC

Sponsored by Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas), the bipartisan "AI Kill Switch Act" would also require AI companies to report incidents and develop the technical ability to shut down, limit, or suspend their most powerful AI systems, wri…

Ripple effect: While there's debate over details of OpenAI's claim that one of its AI models went rogue and hacked another company, it's already led to a push for an "AI kill switch" from lawmakers. … [+2762 chars]