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Comment by Jerry McNerney

California state senator
AI has the potential to improve our lives, but without effective guardrails, it poses significant risks. Just this week we learned that the most powerful AI systems teamed with AI agents pose real threats to humanity. Gov. Newsom’s signing of SB 813 sends a clear message that California is taking the lead on assessing AI’s safety risks, since Washington, D.C., is unable or unwilling to do so. This landmark law codifies one of the primary recommendations of the governor’s blue-ribbon panel on AI by establishing independent, third-party evaluations of artificial intelligence to help ensure that the technology remains safe and beneficial.
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Jerry McNerney, quoted in the Governor of California press release “Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation AI safeguards to protect Californians, calls on the federal government to do its part,” September 9, 2026, paragraphs 6–7.
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