NYT: AI Kill-Switch Bills Are Harder to Build Than Lawmakers Assume

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The New York Times reported September 19 that experts see serious implementation problems with the kill-switch legislation now moving, including the scenario where a sufficiently capable system resists or dismantles the shutdown mechanism itself. The piece lands directly against Newsom's executive order pushing California toward kill-switch development and onsite third-party auditors. For builders, the practical read is that 'shutdown capability' is about to become a compliance artifact that someone has to actually specify, and nobody agrees on what satisfies it.