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September 3, 2026

UK peers push for legal power to shut down runaway AI systems

Also: OpenAI hit with 30 more lawsuits over Canadian mass shooting linked to ChatGPT‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Thursday 03 September 2026

Transformative AI
UK peers push for legal power to shut down runaway AI systems
A cross-party group of peers is pushing to amend the UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, currently passing through the House of Lords, to give the government "last resort" powers to shut down large AI systems in an emergency, according to a Computer Weekly report.

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