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California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Executive Order Mandating AI Kill Switches

The governor issued the order to establish expert recommendations for regulating frontier models, citing federal inaction on AI safety.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 18 Sept 2026 · updated 12h ago

First reported by The Verge, 2h 48m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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How the odds moved · Will Gavin Newsom win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination?
0%50%100%16%12 Sept, 18:39 UTCnowAxios: 2028 Democrats like Newsom and Pritzker lean in on AI safety as Washington stalls · 18 Sept, 20:59 UTCWashington Post: California governor signs order pushing for an AI ‘kill switch’ · 18 Sept, 19:53 UTCThe Verge: Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch · 18 Sept, 17:04 UTC

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How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Gavin Newsom win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. The VergeGavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch16%
  2. Washington PostCalifornia governor signs order pushing for an AI ‘kill switch’16%
  3. Axios2028 Democrats like Newsom and Pritzker lean in on AI safety as Washington stalls16%
  4. Current odds16%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. 2028 Democrats like Newsom and Pritzker lean in on AI safety as Washington stalls Axios ·
  2. California governor signs order pushing for an AI ‘kill switch’ Washington Post ·
  3. Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch The Verge ·

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  • Gavin Newsom
  • California