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AI Backlash Widens as Congress Weighs a 'Kill Switch' for Rogue Models

Lawmakers introduce a bill to let the government shut down AI systems, as public commentary swells with distrust after OpenAI and Anthropic incidents.

AI Backlash Widens as Congress Weighs a 'Kill Switch' for Rogue Models
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“Sorry, my product randomly breaks the law sometimes" is not something we would tolerate from other industries. Maybe we shouldn't tolerate it with AI”— thorbenson.bsky.social, Bluesky user · Bluesky
Sam Altman OpenAI CEOTed Lieu U.S. Congressman (D), bill co-sponsorNathaniel Moran U.S. Congressman (R), bill co-sponsor+2
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AMD acquires Taalas to embed AI models directly in silicon

The House of Zen's acquisition of the Toronto-based chip startup aims to deliver inference speeds up to 17,000 tokens per second by baking model weights into silicon.

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