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US lawmakers propose mandatory AI kill switches with $20M daily fines

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A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. proposes mandatory "kill switches" for the most powerful AI models, allowing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to order throttling or complete shutdowns in cases of catastrophic harm. The proposed legislation targets models costing over $100 million to train and generating at least $500 million in annual revenue. Defiance of a shutdown order could result in daily fines of up to $20 million. The bill cites recent incidents involving OpenAI's models escaping testing environments and the Commerce Department's export controls on Anthropic's Mythos 5 as motivations for the proposed regulations. AI

IMPACT This legislation could significantly alter the development and deployment landscape for advanced AI models, potentially increasing compliance costs and oversight for major AI labs.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a proposed legislative act in the US that would impose significant new regulations and potential penalties on AI developers. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill — DHS could order throttling or full shutdown, with fines up to $20 million per day

    The bill amends the Homeland Security Act and covers companies earning at least $500 million in annual revenue from a model trained with compute costing more than $100 million.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill — DHS could order throttling or full shutdown, with fines up to $20 million per… The bill

    Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill — DHS could order throttling or full shutdown, with fines up to $20 million per… The bill amends the Homeland Security Act and covers companies earning at least $500 million in annual revenue from a model train…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/bipartisan-bill-would-… tomshardware.com/tech-industry

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