CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSES CONTROVERSIAL “KILL SWITCH” AI SAFETY BILL

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SB-1047 passed the California State Assembly by a 45-11 vote. It now faces just one more procedural state Senate vote before heading to the governor's desk. The bill asks AI model creators to implement a 'kill switch' that can be activated if a model starts introducing novel threats to public safety and security. It has been criticized for focusing on risks from an imagined future AI rather than real present-day harms like deepfakes or misinformation.