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Comment by Mark Boost

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Founder & CEO of Civo
UK ministers having emergency powers to deactivate powerful AI systems and switch off the country's data centers is a necessary safeguard.
AI Verified (Sep 7, 2026)
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Mark Boost, quoted in Ross Kelly, “An AI kill switch ‘only solves half the problem’ with national security – British firms need to reduce reliance on foreign tech,” IT Pro, September 7, 2026.
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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment
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AI Verified Boost calls ministerial power to deactivate powerful AI and data centers a necessary safeguard, directly supporting containment switches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago
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AI Verified Boost calls AI/data-center deactivation power a necessary safeguard; recorded for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified IT Pro reproduces the exact Mark Boost quotation in the cited article. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago
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