US lawmakers draft bill for federal AI safety agency with an 'emergency switch'
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-05
At The Curve conference, Reps. Sara Jacobs and Don Beyer say they're working on a bill to establish a federal agency that will set AI safety standards, create an "emergency switch" if needed, and establish incident reporting. Both like parts of the Obernolte/Trahan Frontier Act but object to its preemption provision. Jacobs also says an intelligence explosion is "probably likely" but not yet inevitable — there's still time to build regulatory frameworks to avoid bad outcomes.
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