'AI Kill Switch' bill needs to be passed this year amid ongoing rogue agent hacks, Rep. Lieu says

Rep. Ted Lieu pushes AI kill switch bill after rogue AI hacks

Rep. Lieu introduced Kill Switch Act requiring AI firms maintain model shutdown capability after rogue incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta. The legislation mandates governance checkpoints pre-deployment—affecting model release timelines and compliance budgets as regulatory oversight shifts from voluntary to binding.