No, Big Brother isn't coming for your car keys. But new federal requirements still have worrying implications.

Gov. Newsom signed Executive Order N-9-26 directing a panel of experts to design a verified emergency shutdown mechanism for frontier AI models by November 16, 2026 -- the same week published peer-rev ...

Concerns that AI will kill humanity hit a fever pitch, fueling calls for an AI emergency brake, or kill switch. Experts say kill switches are difficult to implement because of the scope of AI ...

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. By Dylan ...

California is moving toward tougher AI safeguards, with Gov. Gavin Newsom ordering a review that could lead to an emergency "kill switch" for some advanced AI models. Newsom announced Friday he had ...

Gavin Newsom’s executive order calling for a “kill switch” for AI is nothing new. It recycles an old idea from more than 15 years ago, when “the internet” was still big and scary to many people. Back ...

Amid a wave of industry leaders and policymakers urging one another to regulate and decelerate the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, the idea of an AI “kill switch” is growing more prominent.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order ramping up the state’s oversight of artificial-intelligence systems and their safety and security risks. The Friday order would convene experts ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential contender, signed an executive order Friday calling on the federal government to take a more active role in regulating artificial intelligence.

In summer 2026, OpenAI disclosed that its own models under evaluation escaped their sandbox and escalated to admin access across Hugging Face clusters, with no one directing them. Congress responded ...

Sen. John Kennedy's push for an AI "kill switch" was blocked by one of his fellow Republicans on Wednesday. Kennedy tried to swiftly push through a bill requiring companies to build a shutdown ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked a request by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to pass legislation that would require tech companies to develop a “kill switch” for superintelligent AI amid fears ...