California Gov. Newsom issues executive order to rein in AI ‘before it’s too late’

The order calls on a group of experts to meet and create, within two months, a guide for the state to strengthen its AI safety and security laws. Those enhanced laws may include a requirement for independent third parties to write safety plans for frontier AI companies, or mandating that companies develop a “kill switch” to shut down their models in case of emergency, according to an announcement from Newsom’s office. While Trump has called fears of AI safety a “hoax,” Democrats have largely rallied around calls for stricter regulations. And those with presidential ambitions have been among the loudest...