GoKawiilRo Khanna to introduce bill banning self-improving AI without federal safeguards
Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce the "Human Control Over AI Act," which would prohibit AI models from recursively self-improving or altering their own objectives, containment or shutdown controls until a new federal agency establishes safety rules. That agency would oversee frontier models from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and xAI, handling licensing, audits and security testing. Khanna told CNBC the legislation addresses both a possible loss-of-control risk and risks from misuse of the technology.
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The proposal reflects growing unease among lawmakers and some AI executives that Congress has not kept pace with rapid advances in frontier AI systems. Creating a dedicated licensing and audit agency could reshape how leading AI labs deploy models, though the bill's prospects depend on broader congressional appetite for regulation, which has so far been limited. Khanna's framing of an 'extinction risk' signals an attempt to elevate AI safety as an urgent legislative priority rather than a distant concern.
- Khanna's bill would ban recursive self-improving AI until federal safeguards are in place.
- It proposes a new agency to license, audit and regulate frontier AI models from major labs.
- The move comes amid warnings from AI executives about potential loss-of-control risks.
Source: cnbc.com — Garrett Downs, 2026-09-28
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