Potential 2028 presidential candidate, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event held by the state Democratic Party at the Penn Center on September 3, 2026 on St. Helena Island, South ...

Anthropic wants California officials to seek court orders blocking AI models deemed a serious public risk, while warning a ...

Anthropic wants courts able to suspend dangerous AI models; OpenAI wants a legal duty for labs to shut them down. Both ...

California, home to most of the world's leading AI companies, is moving toward requiring them to be able to switch their own most powerful models off. Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an executive order Friday that he said would “dramatically accelerate” artificial intelligence safety measures, including potentially requiring companies to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a sweeping executive order designed to accelerate independent oversight of artificial ...

California just moved from talking about AI safety to building concrete oversight. That is the right direction, but California should go one step further: make delegated authority a first-class part ...

Concerns that AI will kill humanity hit a fever pitch, fueling calls for an AI emergency brake, or kill switch. Experts say kill switches are difficult to implement because of the scope of AI ...

As concerns mount about how to command AI in a loss-of-control event, focus has turned to the concept of a kill switch — a mechanism that would let people power off the technology.

"People building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." ...

California is moving toward tougher AI safeguards, with Gov. Gavin Newsom ordering a review that could lead to an emergency "kill switch" for some advanced AI models. Newsom announced Friday he had ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom, widely seen as a possible Democratic presidential contender in 2028, issued his AI ‘kill switch’ order after US President Donald ...