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9 October 2026

Congress weighs AI kill switch proposals for rogue models

First reported

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  • A House committee chair, Brett Guthrie, backed a kill switch for AI models that behave dangerously.
  • Guthrie said stopping AI development altogether is not an option.
  • Similar emergency-shutdown ideas also appear in proposals from Democrats in Congress.

How it was covered

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Guthrie's kill switch support, his view that halting AI is not an option, emergency shutdown proposals