Overview
U.S. federal department that would receive explicit authority under the proposed ai-kill-switch-act to order slowdown or shutdown of covered AI systems capable of catastrophic harm, in consultation with Commerce and the Director of National Intelligence.
Recent Developments
- 2026-07-23: Named lead agency in ai-kill-switch-act for graduated AI incident response (2026-07-24-ai-kill-switch-act-ars-technica)