AI’s kill switch: Businesses need more than a stop button

“AI’s kill switch: Businesses need more than a stop button”

An AI system that can send emails, change customer records or approve payments needs a reliable way to stop. That requirement matters to any business handing work to the technology, and to anyone whose money or personal information it handles. The proposed AI “kill switch” addresses a reasonable concern: people must retain control when automated systems behave unexpectedly. But a shutdown button offers little reassurance unless it stops the right activity, across every connected service, and…