California Governor Orders Stronger AI Safety Rules, Possible Mandatory Kill Switch

California Governor Newsom issued an executive order to accelerate safety checks for frontier AI and push for mandatory emergency kill switches, citing labs' own risk warnings and criticizing federal inaction.

2026-09-18 ~ 2026-09-19 · 2 related posts

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