Lawmakers introduce bill mandating kill switches for AI models
House Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA) speaks at a press conference with Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA), following a caucus meeting, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on May 13, 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images
ByAlexandra Kelley,
Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
July 23, 2026 01:38 PM ET
The bipartisan duo is seeking to ensure advanced AI models can be quickly shut down following ChatGPT’s automated attack on Hugging Face data networks during internal testing.
A new proposal in the House would mandate that artificial intelligence technology developers ensure their systems can be immediately powered off with a kill switch mechanism due to the cybersecurity threats posed by advanced models.
Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, introduced the AI Kill Switch Act on Thursday, just days after OpenAI confirmedthat a combination of their models, including the advanced GPT-5.6 Sol, attacked fellow...
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