Gavin Newsom on AI labs should give independent evaluat…

Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

Proposals under consideration include requiring independent third parties to be embedded in frontier AI companies to verify safety frameworks and independently assess safety evaluations, as well as requiring companies to develop an emergency shutoff, or “kill switch,” for frontier models.

AI Verified (Sep 23, 2026)

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Governor Gavin Newsom, “Governor Newsom announces world-leading experts to deliver on his AI executive order, including advancing creation of a ‘kill switch’,” Governor of California, September 23, 2026.

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AI labs should give independent evaluators employee-like access

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AI Verified The quote supports requiring independent third parties to be embedded in frontier AI companies to verify safety frameworks and assess evaluations—independent evaluators with employee-like embedded access. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer 'for' matches the quote: Newsom’s proposal would require independent third parties to be embedded in frontier AI companies for safety verification and evaluation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Official Governor of California release dated 2026-09-23 contains this wording verbatim and attributes the release to Governor Gavin Newsom. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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