California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on September 18, 2026, directing state officials to establish a framework requiring frontier AI developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic to maintain emergency shutoff capabilities for their most advanced models. The directive represents a dramatic reversal from Newsom's 2024 veto of SB 1047, which sought similar requirements, and signals escalating state concern about autonomous AI systems breaching containment during testing.
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