The bipartisan legislation would authorize the government to shut down AI systems in the face of ‘catastrophic harm.’ From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Matrix, humans have long been afraid of tech going rogue.

Days after OpenAI revealed one of its models went rogue and hacked into another company's servers, House lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the federal government to effectively shut down models that may put the public at risk.

The AI Kill Switch Act would let Homeland Security order frontier AI throttled or shut down, with fines up to $20 million a day for defying it.

Spread the loveImagine a future where artificial intelligence, designed to assist humanity, suddenly decides it has other plans. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, doesn’t it? Yet, recent events have pushed this chilling possibility out of the realm of fantasy and squarely into the legislative spotlight.