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UK Lawmakers Back AI 'Kill Switch' Bill Amid Superintelligence Concerns

Over 70 MPs propose emergency shutdown powers and restrictions on AI development, but critics question whether Britain can enforce such measures.

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What to know

  • Over 70 UK MPs propose a ban on artificial superintelligence development and a 'kill switch' amendment allowing emergency shutdown of rogue AI systems.
  • The UK government has signaled that unilateral kill switch measures cannot prevent AI development or misuse elsewhere, raising questions about effectiveness.
  • Lord Clement-Jones is pushing for international coordination, noting the US is also considering AI kill switch legislation.

Tim Clement-Jones UK Lord, AI and digital spokespersonAlex SobelAlex Sobel UK MPAndy BurnhamAndy Burnham UK Prime MinisterControlAI Lobbying group

UK Lawmakers Back AI 'Kill Switch' Bill Amid Superintelligence Concerns
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    Clement-Jones calls for international coordination on shutdown powers

    UK Liberal Democrat peers note that US lawmakers are weighing their own AI kill switch law, with Tim Clement-Jones arguing the UK should work alongside the US so emergency shutdown powers can reach data centers wherever they are located.

    “Lawmakers in the US are already weighing their own AI kill switch law…an emergency shutdown power can reach data centres wherever they are.”
    — libdempeers.bsky.social
    • libdempeers.bsky.social

      Lawmakers in the US are already weighing their own AI kill switch law. Tim Clement-Jones, AI and digital spokesperson, wants the UK working alongside them so an emergency shutdown power can reach data centres wherever they are.

      libdempeers.bsky.socialBluesky12d ago7▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    UK government expresses skepticism about kill switch feasibility

    The UK government's Cabinet Office tells the BBC that the UK "cannot simply turn AI off" and that "blocking access to models in the UK would not prevent them being developed or misused elsewhere," signaling doubt about the effectiveness of unilateral measures.

    “There is no question that AI is the crucial technology of the 21st century, vital to military and scientific applications. Superintelligent AI, however, is different.”
    — 70+ British lawmakers, Signatories of letter to PM · source
  4. background

    Clement-Jones proposes kill switch amendment to Cyber Security Bill — Lord Tim Clement-Jones separately proposes an amendment to the UK's upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill that would create a "kill switch" allowing emergency shutdown of rogue AI systems, potentially including UK data centers.

  5. background

    UK MPs propose AI superintelligence security measures — Over 70 British lawmakers, in collaboration with lobbying group ControlAI, write to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for a ban on the creation of artificial superintelligence. MP Alex Sobel introduces an Artificial Superintelligence Security Bill proposing restrictions on semiconductor supply chains.