Newsom Orders Faster AI Oversight and a Study of Frontier-Model ‘Kill Switches’
California agencies must recommend by November 16 how independent audits, incident reporting and emergency shutdown requirements could be written into state law.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom's new executive order speeds up the state's independent AI-oversight program and asks experts to recommend whether frontier-model developers should face additional safety requirements. The proposals must cover onsite independent verifiers, outside checks of companies' safety filings, broader reporting of loss-of-control incidents and a tested emergency “kill switch.” The order itself does not impose those rules on AI labs; it directs state agencies to deliver recommendations by November 16.
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