Federal Legislation Aims to Grant Homeland Security Emergency Shutdown Powers Over AI

By Jon Brodkin · Ars Technica · 2026-07-23

Federal Legislation Aims to Grant Homeland Security Emergency Shutdown Powers Over AI

A bipartisan bill introduced by representatives Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran seeks to mandate that developers maintain technical overrides for frontier models. Ars Technica reports that the proposed AI Kill Switch Act would empower the Secretary of Homeland Security to force a su

A bipartisan bill introduced by representatives Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran seeks to mandate that developers maintain technical overrides for frontier models. Ars Technica reports that the proposed AI Kill Switch Act would empower the Secretary of Homeland Security to force a su