
regulation·1d ago
US Lawmakers Propose 'AI Kill Switch' to Throttle Frontier Models
The AI Kill Switch Act would let Homeland Security order frontier AI systems shut down, with fines up to $20M per day.
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The AI Kill Switch Act would let Homeland Security order frontier AI systems shut down, with fines up to $20M per day.

New bill would let Homeland Security shut down frontier AI systems, with penalties up to $20 million per day for noncompliance.

Frontier AI models are increasingly used to identify software vulnerabilities, with Zcash becoming the latest crypto project to benefit.

A Zcash bug found with Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 highlights the growing role of frontier AI in security research.