“A covered AI system would generally need more than $100 million in computing resources to develop.”
Does the text of the AI Kill Switch Act define a covered AI system as one requiring more than $100 million in computing resources to develop?
H.R. 9917 states $100,000,000 in the clause carrying "computing", "power", "develop". The clause reads: "Covered technology Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term covered technology means an artificial intelligence system developed utilizing a quantity of computing power the cost of which would exceed $100,000,000 at the prevailing market price of cloud computing in the United States, a...". The record reports 100000000, which meets the 100000000 stated.
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This claim was recorded from a retrieved artifact and set against U.S. Congress, H.R. 9917, figure stated in the provision on computing power develop. The question was written to be answerable by that record alone, with a resolution date of 2026-07-23. Each source below is linked and archived at the time it was read, unless it is a document that has not been published yet, which is listed as awaited.