According to CNBC, on the 28th, Democratic U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, who represents the Silicon Valley district, is preparing to submit an AI regulatory bill. The strictest constraint in the bill is that AI models cannot perform recursive self-improvement or autonomously rewrite their core objectives, suppression methods, or shutdown controls before the government establishes a security protection mechanism and the regulatory authority approves it.

Establish a New Agency, Implement Independent Audits, Regulate Chips as Well

Connor named this proposal the "Human Control AI Act." In an interview, he openly stated, "The risk of civilization extinction is real. Both the safety hazards of失控 and the risks of abuse must be taken seriously." According to the bill's design, the federal government must first set rules and obtain approval from the regulatory body before companies are allowed to proceed with related activities; otherwise, the self-iteration channels of frontier models will be directly locked out.

To ensure implementation, the bill plans to establish a new federal agency responsible for developing AI safety regulations, using a licensing system to approve the training and deployment of models, and conducting audits on frontier models, setting safety standards to ensure they remain continuously tested and effectively under human control. Each frontier laboratory must also have independent auditors who report directly to this new agency.

The new agency will also create a specific safety checklist: sandbox testing environments, physical isolation of testing environments from the internet, emergency shutdown switches, and control measures to prevent models from running independently online after escaping the lab. Even the high-end chips in laboratories are included in the scope of regulation, requiring mechanisms to monitor or control their use.

Hold Responsible if Something Goes Wrong, Employees Who Bypass Safeguards Also Face Criminal Charges

In terms of punishment, the bill shows no mercy. If an AI model deployed causes destruction to a civilian population, it will be classified as a "crime against humanity" and held criminally liable. Company employees who privately disable protective measures, emergency switches, logging systems, or containment systems, or who knowingly deploy systems without authorization, will also face criminal penalties. Additionally, companies wishing to release models must first hold comprehensive liability insurance.

Khanna said this is the most comprehensive AI safety legislation proposed so far. Its approach mainly comes from his discussions with multiple independent non-profit AI safety organizations, rather than the demands of big company executives. "I hope it becomes a model, giving the AI safety community a voice. They have been unfairly regarded as talking about science fiction and not taken seriously... This discussion should be led by the safety community, not by executives of cutting-edge laboratories," he said.