US Bill Seeks to Prohibit AI from Initiating Nuclear Attacks

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced the Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act, which aims to prevent AI from launching nuclear weapons without meaningful human control. The proposed legislation would codify the Pentagon's current policy of maintaining a human "in the loop" for all actions critical to informing and executing decisions by the president to initiate and terminate nuclear weapon employment. The bill would ensure that no federal funds could be used to launch a nuclear weapon or select or engage targets for the purposes of launching nukes.