{"id":459207,"date":"2026-09-10T09:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459207\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:06:15","slug":"newsom-signs-ai-industry-approved-ai-regulation-bills-into-law-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459207\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Signs AI Industry-Approved AI Regulation Bills Into Law in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the signing of two bills on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom is doing his part to crack down on AI after that spooky story about an AI researcher named Jacob Coxon<\/a> quitting Anthropic and warning about how AI industry leaders think they might be hastening Armageddon. Oh, but it\u2019s probably worth keeping in mind that the new California laws are well-liked by the AI industry.<\/p>\n

As noted by Politico last month, Anthropic endorsed the bills<\/a>. Anthropic\u2019s chief rival, OpenAI, also announced its support<\/a> for the bills in the hours before Newsom\u2019s signing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve reached a new chapter in AI capabilities, and that demands a new chapter for AI policy,\u201d says the introduction of OpenAI\u2019s statement, credited to Chris Lehane, OpenAI\u2019s Chief of Public Affairs.<\/p>\n

When asked by Politico about Coxon\u2019s concerns about out-of-control AI in particular, Newsom said, \u201cThe concerns raised in recent incidents reinforce what California has long recognized: artificial intelligence holds extraordinary promise, but it must be developed and deployed with meaningful safeguards to protect the public.\u201d The federal government, Newsom said, should \u201cstep forward with robust, national regulations that match the urgency of this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Senator Jerry McNerney SB 813<\/a> establishes an organization called the California Artificial Intelligence Standards and Safety Commission. The commission will be tasked with creating a set of voluntary AI safety standards.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan\u2019s AB 1405<\/a> creates an AI risk auditor registry\u2014a way of checking auditors\u2019 credentials.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, the statement from OpenAI\u2019s Lehane also says the company \u201cwill advocate for compatible international approaches to measuring capabilities, managing risk, preserving human control, and determining when and how development should slow or stop, even if that means slowing the advancement of model capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthropic\u2019s statement to Politico points to its history of creating safeguards. Such work, Anthropic says, \u201cis also why we believe the world would benefit from the industry adopting a lawful, verifiable way to work together to pace how we release powerful models.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the signing of two bills on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom is doing his part to crack…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2080,7,9,8,457],"class_list":["post-459207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-gavin-newsom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}