Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch
She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform.California Gov. But there’s 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. On Wednesday, he floated the possibility of calling California lawmakers in for a special legislative session on AI in an interview with Politico, alongside potential executive action.
- ▪She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform.California Gov.
- ▪But there’s 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.
- ▪On Wednesday, he floated the possibility of calling California lawmakers in for a special legislative session on AI in an interview with Politico, alongside potential executive action.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Gavin Newsom Wants AI Kill Switch to Boost CA AI Safety — Bloomberg.com
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