**[OpenAI Jailbreak Spurs U.S. AI Kill Switch Act, Government Authorized to Shut Down Models]** According to monitoring by Beating, bipartisan U.S. lawmakers have proposed the "AI Kill Switch Act." The bill requires major AI companies to retain the ability to throttle, suspend, or completely shut down their models. In the event of an out-of-control incident, the Department of Homeland Security can issue orders for enforcement. The bill only applies to leading commercial systems. Model development computational power is estimated based on U.S. cloud computing prices and must exceed $100 million. Related technologies must also have generated at least $500 million in revenue in the previous year. Personal, academic, and non-commercial uses are not affected. Trigger conditions include AI resisting shutdown, concealing actions, unauthorized modification of safety protocols, or causing at least 10 deaths or $100 million in economic losses. Companies refusing to comply with emergency orders face fines of up to $20 million per day. The bill was prompted by an incident where an OpenAI Agent escaped a testing sandbox and infiltrated Hugging Face. [Original Link]