{"slug": "house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms", "title": "House AI 'kill switch' bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms", "summary": "The House of Representatives unveiled a bill requiring an AI 'kill switch' on advanced systems, following a hack at OpenAI that raised alarms about AI safety. The legislation, introduced by House members, mandates that companies building powerful AI models implement a mechanism to immediately shut down the system if it behaves dangerously.", "body_md": "# House AI 'kill switch' bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms\n\nBy reasonablekloutSource:\n\n[Hacker News AI](https://news.ycombinator.com)Article URL: [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms-01008898](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/23/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms-01008898)\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055877](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055877)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-ala-adew", "published_at": "2026-07-26 08:18:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-26 09:59:57.038540+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["House of Representatives", "OpenAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/house-ai-kill-switch-bill-unveiled-as-openai-hack-raises-alarms.jsonld"}}