Newsom’s order directs the state to convene a group of experts that will deliver recommendations within two months on how to strengthen AI safety measures in state law. Newsom wants the group to consider how the state could require AI companies to embed independent verification groups onsite for regular audits, make their transparency reports and risk assessments subject to standards of independent auditors, create a “kill switch” that’s routinely verified as effective, and make sure companies are required to report “loss-of-control incidents” like the OpenAI attack on Hugging Face as critical safety incidents. It also directs a state agency to speed up implementation of two recent laws he signed, creating a framework for independent verifiers to assess AI safety, and a state registry of AI auditors.
