Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

New York Times - Sep 19, 2026

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

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