WSJ Tech News Briefing · Friday, September 18, 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order aimed at increasing state oversight of AI safety risks. The order will convene experts to consider policies such as independent safety evaluations for Frontier AI labs and the creation of a kill switch for AI models. The state's government operations agency will evaluate these proposals within two months.
“California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order increasing state oversight of AI safety risks.”
“The order convenes experts to consider policies like independent safety evaluations for Frontier AI labs, as well as create a kill switch for models.”
“Per the order, California's government operations agency will evaluate these proposals within two months.”