California governor pushes up creation of 'kill switch' for rogue AI systems
By Mike Swift ( September 18, 2026, 20:21 GMT | Insight) -- Blasting inaction on AI safety by Washington, DC, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered state agencies to work with experts to develop a framework for a frontier-AI “kill switch” and accelerate independent safety audits for frontier models. Newsom's executive order requires recommendations by Nov. 16 and moves audit- and verification-rule deadlines forward by up to a year. OpenAI welcomed the initiative as "an important step" toward adaptable national safeguards.California Governor Gavin Newsom moved on Friday to lay the legal groundwork for a “kill switch” for rogue frontier AI models, while accelerating new state laws that require third-party audits and independent assessments of AI systems....
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