Newsom reportedly orders AI safety recommendations, including a possible emergency shutoff
A September 18, 2026, post says a new expert group has 60 days to recommend stronger rules for frontier AI models. The executive order does not establish a “kill switch,” the account says.
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According to a September 18, 2026, post, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order giving experts 60 days to recommend stronger AI safety rules. The group will consider a possible emergency shutoff for frontier models and continuous testing of whether any such mechanism works. Other options include requiring independent safety organizations to be embedded inside frontier AI labs, third-party verification of safety plans, risk reports and model evaluations, and expanding what counts as a critical AI safety incident. The post says the recommendations could become future requirements, but the order does not create a kill switch.
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