Newsom Wants AI ‘Kill Switch’ to Rein In Tech Industry
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A state-level push for an AI ‘kill switch’ moves shutdown authority from vendors to regulators—governance is becoming an operational dependency, not just a compliance line item. If you deploy high-stakes AI in California, model choice now includes a question: who can turn this off, under what conditions, and how does that propagate through your stack?
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