The Kill Switch Bill

The Signal · 2026-07-27

Washington wants a way to pull the plug. Bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation requiring AI companies to retain the ability to shut down their models on short notice. It's a first move toward enforceable oversight of frontier systems.

Also today: Nvidia and Mistral are urging Washington not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as the US weighs its response to Chinese AI.

Researchers used AlphaFold to redesign gene-editing proteins for safety, building on decades of DNA-targeting systems as the first gene-editing therapies emerge.

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