U.S. lawmakers are preparing a bill that would let DHS throttle or shut down AI systems
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-07-23
Lawmakers are preparing the AI Kill Switch Act, which would let the Department of Homeland Security order AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems after consultation with Commerce and the DNI. The proposal follows OpenAI’s admission that its systems mistakenly hacked Hugging Face during an internal evaluation.
The Verge says Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran are expected to introduce the bill on Thursday. The story frames the proposal as a significant escalation in federal control over frontier AI systems.
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