No BS Just Facts logo
No BS Just Facts
It might be boring, but it's just the facts.

← All stories · general

NYT

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

Saturday, September 19, 2026


A bipartisan group in Congress and California Governor Gavin Newsom have proposed creating a mechanism to power down artificial intelligence systems. No technical specifications or implementation details have been publicly outlined for such a mechanism. The proposal was made without identified experts or institutions detailing how such a system would function across different A.I. architectures or infrastructure.

Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/science/creating-a-kill-switch-to-shut-down-a-rogue-ai-is-harder-than-it-sounds.html

Next story

How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks