The British government has rejected proposals for a legal “kill switch” that would allow authorities to disable powerful AI models during emergencies, despite mounting concerns over the potential dangers posed by rogue artificial intelligence, media reports said Friday.
The Cabinet Office, which leads the government’s work on AI safety, said the U.K. "cannot simply turn AI off," the BBC reported.
"Blocking access to models in the U.K. would not prevent them being developed or misused elsewhere," a spokesperson told the British broadcaster.
Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo has said switching off access to an AI model in an emergency "will do little to protect you."
Speaking in a debate in the House of Lords on Sept. 1, Lord Clement-Jones proposed the idea along with other peers.
