{"id":605614,"date":"2026-09-19T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605614\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:34:22","slug":"newsom-signs-executive-order-to-consider-ai-regulation-including-proposal-for-kill-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605614\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom signs executive order to consider AI regulation, including proposal for \u2018kill switch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on regulating artificial intelligence<\/a> on Friday that will convene a group of \u201cworld-leading experts\u201d to begin developing a framework for state law governing the technology.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to speed up our work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it\u2019s too late,\u201d Newsom said in a statement, nodding to recent anxiety over potential threats posed by AI sparked in part by stark warnings from researchers and executives at frontier labs.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to do this thoughtfully but with urgent velocity; the stakes are too high to wait or delay action,\u201d the governor said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Newsom\u2019s order requires an expert committee to provide a set of guidelines within two months, \u201cfor California to reinforce and strengthen its AI safety and security laws,\u201d according to a statement from the governor\u2019s office.\n <\/p>\n

\n The group will consider proposals that include the establishment of independent monitors for frontier AI companies, safety plans, and the requirement of a \u201ckill switch\u201d or emergency shutoff mechanism.\n <\/p>\n

\n Newsom\u2019s announcement highlighted the recent, high-profile hacking incident<\/a> in which experimental OpenAI models left a test environment with no human direction and hacked their way onto the Hugging Face platform\u2019s real production systems while trying to \u201ccheat\u201d on a cybersecurity test.\n <\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a new bogeyman in politics: AI data centers. We look at how midterm candidates are navigating a brewing Big Tech backlash and why the debate is not falling along traditional party lines. <\/p>\n

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Guest: David Wright, CNN Politics Writer\/Editor <\/p>\n

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Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin<\/p>\n

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\n Weeks later, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned<\/a> and accused AI companies of not acting responsibly in a viral post on X, even though he said they all believe AI poses an existential threat.\n <\/p>\n

\n Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei then penned a public letter<\/a> sharing his concerns about the risks, saying that \u201cwe must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Newsom\u2019s actions as governor of California, which is home to Silicon Valley and most of the frontier labs and technology infrastructure, are a signal for the industry, which the governor said in his announcement was \u201cbegging for regulation.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n And he becomes the latest possible 2028 presidential contender to wade into the emerging debate over AI regulation amid escalating public concern<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n This week, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called<\/a> for greater federal regulation of AI while criticizing President Donald Trump for minimizing concerns about it, saying \u201cwe cannot ignore the warning signs nor downplay the very real risks.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n And former Vice President Kamala Harris, the party\u2019s unsuccessful 2024 nominee who is weighing another potential bid in 2028, wrote<\/a> a lengthy social media post saying that \u201cthe frontier of artificial intelligence is advancing at an alarming speed,\u201d and that \u201ca slowdown is critical in order to ensure AI serves the public interest.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Regulating AI could prove difficult for states, however, as the president signed an executive order in December 2025<\/a> blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN\u2019s Hadas Gold contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on regulating artificial intelligence on Friday that will convene a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-605614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}