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Comment by Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Georgetown University research center focused on emerging technology and national security.
Policymakers have recently proposed requiring “AI kill switches” to quickly stop an AI system or limit the impact of a harmful or unwanted AI incident. [...] An infrastructure-level intervention can disconnect a single chip or an entire data center.
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Center for Security and Emerging Technology, “AI Kill Switches: What Policymakers Should Know,” November 12, 2026. The CSET policy analysis explains that policymakers have proposed requiring AI kill switches and that infrastructure-level interventions can disconnect an entire data center.
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