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What Is an AI Kill Switch? Where It Lives Decides Whether It Works
Oct 2026
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8 min read
8 min readOver a few weeks in September, three security vendors launched “kill switches” for AI agents. California’s governor ordered state officials to study requiring one. And a bipartisan bill has been introduced in Congress called the AI Kill Switch Act. Everyone, it seem, is talking about kill switches. Far fewer agree on what one is, or […]
Everyone wants a kill switch for AI agents, but what actually stops when someone flips it?
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