Khanna Introduces AI Safety Bill Banning Recursive Self-Improvement
Democratic Representative Ro Khanna is introducing the 'Human Control Over AI Act', a comprehensive AI safety bill that includes a ban on recursive self-improving AI models until federal safeguards are established. The bill would create a new federal agency to regulate frontier AI models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI, establishing safety regulations, a licensing system, and mandatory audits. It also proposes criminal penalties for disabling safeguards and 'crimes against humanity' for AI deployment causing civilian destruction. The bill is modeled on input from AI safety organizations rather than industry executives. It joins other proposals like the FRONTIER Act, but no House votes are expected until after the midterm election.
- •Rep. Ro Khanna will introduce the 'Human Control Over AI Act' banning recursive self-improving AI until federal safeguards exist.
- •The bill creates a new federal agency to regulate frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI.
- •The bill proposes criminal penalties for disabling AI safeguards and 'crimes against humanity' for AI deployment causing civilian destruction.