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What changedA new report adds sharper context to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark’s kill-switch proposal. The Mirror says Clark argued that any shutdown mechanism should be mandatory and independently verifiable, turning the idea from a voluntary safety feature into a possible regulatory requirement. The report also links the debate to Geoffrey Hinton’s attributed warning about catastrophic AI risk, Jacob Coxon’s resignation from Anthropic and proposed US legislation known as the Kill Switch Act. The UK government has rejected a kill-switch requirement for British-developed models. These are reported positions, not proof that current systems need such a switch or that the proposed law will pass.
Sources and evidence- The Mirror’s account of Clark’s remarks to the BBC: Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said companies may eventually need mandatory, third-party-verifiable AI kill switches.
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