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Republicans clash on Senate floor over AI kill switch

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a Senate floor request from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Wednesday to pass legislation requiring tech companies to develop a "kill switch" for superintelligent AI. Paul argued the bill amounted to an "open-ended" government mandate, stalling a measure backed by fears that superintelligent AI could spin out of control and pose an existential threat to humanity.

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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 that it could spin out of control and pose an existential threat to humanity. Paul argued that an “open-ended” government mandate to implement…

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