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Engineers ask whether an AI kill switch can exist

CNBC examines whether regulators can force model makers to build a working off switch for runaway AI agents.

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Last updated: September 21, 2026 1:20 am
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Warnings from former OpenAI and Anthropic researchers, amplified by Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk, pushed policymakers toward a familiar demand: give us a kill switch for AI.

CNBC asks researchers what building one would actually take, from hardware-level cutoffs to the regulatory route, and whether the EU AI Act already points in that direction.

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TAGGED:AI agentsAI regulationAI safetyartificial intelligenceEU AI Actpolicy
SOURCES:CNBC
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