Ro Khanna to introduce AI safety bill banning recursive self-improving models until safeguards exist
Representative Ro Khanna will introduce the 'Human Control Over AI Act' to regulate artificial intelligence, including a ban on models that recursively self-improve or autonomously modify their core objectives until federal safeguards are in place. The bill would create a new federal agency to oversee AI models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI, with…
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- Bill bans recursive self-improving AI until government creates safeguards and approves activities
- Creates new federal agency to oversee frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, xAI
- Imposes criminal penalties for disabling safeguards and requires liability insurance for model release
Khanna to introduce AI safety bill with ban on 'recursive' technology until safeguards exist
CNBC Technology · 28 September 2026
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