Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Banning ‘Robo Bosses’ as Part of California Crackdown on AI
A day after President Donald Trump had lunch with some of the nation’s top AI executives, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills Wednesday aimed at putting new guardrails on the technology. Chief among them was the “No Robo Bosses Act of 2026,” a first-in-the-nation law that bars employers from relying solely on AI-powered automated decision systems to fire or discipline workers.
- ▪A day after President Donald Trump had lunch with some of the nation’s top AI executives, California Gov.
- ▪Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills Wednesday aimed at putting new guardrails on the technology.
- ▪Chief among them was the “No Robo Bosses Act of 2026,” a first-in-the-nation law that bars employers from relying solely on AI-powered automated decision systems to fire or discipline workers.
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A day after President Donald Trump had lunch with some of the nation’s top AI executives, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills Wednesday aimed at putting new guardrails on the technology. Chief among them was the “No Robo Bosses Act of 2026,” a first-in-the-nation law that bars employers from relying solely on AI-powered automated decision systems to fire or discipline workers. If an employer mainly relies on one of these systems to make a decision, the law requires a human reviewer to corroborate it using other information like manager evaluations or peer reviews. Newsom also signed 12 other bills Wednesday as part of a broader package aimed at regulating AI and other emerging technologies.
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