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U.S. Senator from Louisiana; sponsor of the AI Emergency Button Act.
If you are going to sell one of these AI models that could take on a life of its own, then you have to have a kill switch to reassert human control.
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Sen. John Kennedy, Congressional Record, September 16, 2026, discussing his AI Emergency Button Act (S. 5417): “If you are going to sell one of these AI models that could take on a life of its own, then you have to have a kill switch to reassert human control.”
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