Rep. Ted Lieu announces bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act with Rep. Nathaniel Moran
Ted Lieu @tedlieu · x · 2026-07-23 · ★★★ · archived
First US bill directly triggered by the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident, requiring shutdown capability for frontier AI.
Summary
Lieu announced the AI Kill Switch Act with Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX): 'Humans should be in control, not machines,' quote-tweeting coverage headlined that OpenAI's Hugging Face hack triggered the bill. Per the press release (lieu.house.gov) the bill requires developers of the most powerful systems to be able to throttle/suspend/shut them down and lets DHS order a slowdown or shutdown, with fines up to $2M/day ($20M/day for emergency orders). Verified via syndication (2026-07-23T22:53Z). Follow-up push: x.com/tedlieu/status/2097122191842173074 (Sep 8).
Archived text
Honored to work with Representative Nathaniel Moran on the AI Kill Switch Act. This is a bipartisan, common sense, urgent bill based on a simple principle.
Humans should be in control, not machines. And when AI goes rogue, humans should have the ability to turn it off.
Quoting @CNBC: OpenAI's Hugging Face hack triggers 'AI Kill Switch' bill in Congress https://t.co/4CSe5hwpmi
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