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Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

19 September 2026Live

Sources

The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/science/creating-a-kill-switch-to-shut-down-a-rogue-ai-is-harder-than-it-sounds.html

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

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