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.

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…