{"slug": "uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial", "title": "UK Lawmakers Back Rules To Create AI 'Killswitch' and Stop Artificial Superintelligence", "summary": "Lord Tim Clement-Jones has proposed an amendment to the UK's upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill that would create a 'kill switch' able to be activated in an emergency to shut down a rogue AI. The proposal follows US Sen. Bernie Sanders introducing a bill to preemptively stop the creation of artificial superintelligence (ASI), as the UK ranks just behind China and the US in AI development funding.", "body_md": "Lord Tim Clement-Jones has proposed an amendment to the UK's upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill that would create a 'kill switch,' which could be activated in an emergency to shut down a rogue AI.\n\nThe 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), …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial", "canonical_source": "https://au.pcmag.com/ai/119886/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial-superintelligence", "published_at": "2026-09-12 19:56:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-12 20:23:48.342230+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Tim Clement-Jones", "Cyber Security and Resilience Bill", "Bernie Sanders", "United Kingdom", "China", "United States"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/uk-lawmakers-back-rules-to-create-ai-killswitch-and-stop-artificial.jsonld"}}