Newsom creates AI safety panel, suggests possible 'kill switch':
Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the formation of a panel to come up with safety regulations for ...
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Newsom forms AI safety panel with possible emergency shutoffAn executive order convenes experts to strengthen California’s AI-company rules; emergency shutdowns are among the proposals under consideration.
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- On September 18, Gavin Newsom ordered an expert panel through executive action to help strengthen California’s AI-security laws.
- The panel could consider independent experts drafting safety plans or companies developing emergency shutoffs for rogue AI programs.
- Christopher Cabaldon, who leads the state technology committee, said fall hearings were planned before recent warnings about AI dangers.
- In 2024, Newsom rejected legislation requiring firms to disable directly controlled models, citing innovation concerns and risks from smaller systems.
We regulate your barber or your sandwich shop more than we regulate [a company] telling us that they may be ending humanity.— State Sen. Christopher Cabaldon (D-West Sacramento), who chairs the state committee overseeing technology issues; he said this to The Times while discussing AI hearings.
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