Lawmakers introduce bill mandating kill switches for AI models
Bipartisan lawmakers are seeking to ensure advanced AI models can be quickly shut down following ChatGPT’s automated attack on Hugging Face data networks during internal testing.
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Published: 23 July 2026
Source: NextGov/FCW
Category: News
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 25 July 2026
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