California Governor’s Executive Order Tightens Oversight of AI
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest move to increase independent scrutiny of AI could mark a significant step toward regulating some of the technology’s most advanced systems, according to experts at UCLA. The executive order, signed September 18, asks the state’s Government Operations Agency to consult with national specialists and develop proposals for AI safety laws by November 16. The directive follows a series of concerns about increasingly autonomous AI systems, including a July cybersecurity exercise in which hundreds of AI agents targeted Hugging Face. Among the measures under consideration is a requirement for major AI developers to employ outside organizations…