AI Emergency Button Act

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Requires AI developers to include an emergency off switch for their systems

This bill would make companies that create or run powerful AI systems in the U.S. add a way for a person to turn them off. It aims to ensure human control over powerful AI, a change from today where no such rule exists.

What Would Change

Today, there are no federal rules requiring companies to include a human-controlled shutdown for their artificial intelligence systems. If this bill becomes law, companies that develop or operate advanced AI in the U.S. would be required to build in a technical way for a human to turn off these systems.

Key Provisions

Requires companies developing or running advanced artificial intelligence systems in the U.S. to include a human-controlled shutdown feature.
Gives the Secretary of Homeland Security the power to create new rules within 90 days to make sure companies follow this shutdown requirement.
Defines 'artificial intelligence' by referring to an existing law and 'covered entity' as any group developing or operating advanced AI in the U.S.

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S 5417 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

AI Emergency Button Act

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