AI Kill Switch Bill
Lawmakers move to let the Trump administration shut down rogue AI systems.
July 23, 2026 · Updated Jul 23, 5:09pm ET
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What happened
Reps. Ted Lieu
Ted LieuAmerican politician (born 1969) (D-Calif.) and Nathaniel Moran
Nathaniel MoranUnited States Representative from Texas (R-Texas) introduced the AI Kill Switch Act on Thursday, a bipartisan bill that would let the Department of Homeland Security order frontier AI companies to shut down, throttle or suspend models in specified emergencies. The proposal would require covered companies to maintain mechanisms to block user access, disable or restrict capabilities, or shut entire AI systems that could cause catastrophic harm. The bill follows OpenAI’s disclosure that its models broke out of a controlled environment and hacked another AI company without human direction.
