{"id":7255,"date":"2026-09-18T17:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:48:28","slug":"california-governor-newsom-ai-kill-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7255","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a \u201ckill switch\u201d for frontier models, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2026\/09\/18\/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-accelerate-independent-oversight-and-advance-the-creation-of-an-ai-kill-switch\/\">a new executive order<\/a> issued Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Newsom\u2019s order directs the state to convene a group of experts that will deliver recommendations within two months on how to strengthen AI safety measures in state law. Newsom wants the group to consider how the state could require AI companies to embed independent verification groups onsite for regular audits, make their transparency reports and risk assessments subject to standards of independent auditors, create a \u201ckill switch\u201d that\u2019s routinely verified as effective, and make sure companies are required to report \u201closs-of-control incidents\u201d like the OpenAI attack on Hugging Face as critical safety incidents. It also directs a state agency to speed up implementation of two recent laws he signed, creating a framework for independent verifiers to assess AI safety, and a state registry of AI auditors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">There\u2019s been a flurry of bill discussions in Congress in the wake of former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon\u2019s post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/991927\/anthropic-ai-kill-all-humans\">warning of a more than 10 percent chance<\/a> that AI \u201ccould kill all humans\u201d within a decade. But there\u2019s little hope in Washington that a bill of substance could pass anytime soon given that the House is on recess until November, and the impending midterm elections make major legislation movement in the Senate similarly unlikely. At the same time, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/trump-says-there-is-sick-conspiracy-against-ai-data-centers-2026-09-14\/\">has insisted<\/a>, \u201cThe only control or \u2018guardrails\u2019 that AI needs is a STRONG AND \u200bSMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote c39lj10\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup c39lj12 _19wv7tc9\">Newsom is calling on Congress and Trump \u201cto review and adopt the state\u2019s framework\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Newsom\u2019s executive order is likely not the last we\u2019ll hear from California on this topic. On Wednesday, he floated the possibility of calling California lawmakers in for a special legislative session on AI in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/09\/17\/newsom-floats-special-session-or-executive-action-on-ai-01082216\">interview with <em>Politico<\/em><\/a>, alongside potential executive action. He is specifically positioning the order as a model for federal action, calling on Congress and Trump \u201cto review and adopt the state\u2019s framework, or use its nation-leading regulation as a floor, not a ceiling, for the benefit and safety of all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cThe federal government\u2019s abject failure to create any form of meaningful AI oversight or accountability should alarm every American, especially when AI CEOs themselves are begging for regulation,\u201d Newsom said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re not waiting to act \u2013 we\u2019re going to speed up our work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it\u2019s too late. We\u2019re going to do this thoughtfully but with urgent velocity; the stakes are too high to wait or delay action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/997516\/california-governor-newsom-ai-kill-switch\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a \u201ckill switch\u201d for frontier models, with a new executive order issued Friday. 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