# UK Lawmaker Proposes AI 'Kill Switch' to Stop Artificial Superintelligence

> Source: <https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/167302/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial-superintelligence>
> Published: 2026-09-12 20:54:27+00:00

The 'kill switch’ could be activated in an emergency to shut down a rogue AI, but critics doubt that the UK has the power to do it.

The UK is just behind China and the US when it comes to the level of funding it is pouring into AI development. Following Sen. Bernie Sanders introducing a bill to preemptively stop the creation of artificial superintelligence (ASI), …