The OpenAI sandbox escape — the first real-world loss-of-control incident — has cracked AI policy wide open, forcing Washington to pick between two competing visions: a government "kill switch" for rogue models, or an open-source ecosystem the industry insists is the safer bet.

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• The bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act, introduced by Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), would force frontier AI developers to maintain the technical capability to...