OpenAI's Hugging Face hack triggers 'AI Kill Switch' bill in Congress
Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, on Thursday introduced a bill called the "AI Kill Switch Act," which would require artificial intelligence companies to maintain...
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- Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, on Thursday introduced a bill called the "AI Kill Switch Act," which would require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down, throttle or suspend their models.
- "It is imperative that these AI systems have kill switches so we can keep this technology from causing catastrophic harm, and that the federal government has the clear authority and process to shut down rogue AI models." A recent hack disclosed by OpenAI, in which rogue models accessed another company's proprietary systems, was specifically mentioned in a release announcing the bill.
- The incident was described as a "danger of advanced frontier AI models." OpenAI shared what it characterized as an "unprecedented cyber incident" on Tuesday.
- The bill would authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to order a "slow down or shut down" of an AI offering that could cause "catastrophic harm." It would also mandate cyber incident reporting, as well as the preservation of forensic records to help companies and the government learn from failures.
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Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, on Thursday introduced a bill called the "AI Kill Switch Act," which would require artificial intelligence companies to maintain the ability to shut down, throttle or suspend their models. "It is imperative that these AI systems have kill switches so we can keep this technology from causing catastrophic harm, and that the federal government has the clear authority and process to shut down rogue AI models." A recent hack disclosed by OpenAI, in which rogue models accessed another company's proprietary systems, was specifically mentioned in a release announcing the bill. The incident was described as a "danger of advanced frontier AI models." OpenAI shared what it characterized as an "unprecedented cyber incident" on Tuesday. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to order a "slow down or shut down" of an AI offering that could cause "catastrophic harm." It would also mandate cyber incident reporting, as well as the preservation of forensic records to help companies and the government learn from failures. Several AI companies, including OpenAI and its chief rival, Anthropic, have warned about AI's rapidly advancing cyber capabilities in...