Summary
Governor Gavin Newsom signed new laws in California to protect workers from risks linked to artificial intelligence (AI), like job loss and workplace spying. The laws limit how employers can use AI, including banning certain uses like firing decisions and require notice if AI causes mass layoffs.Key Facts
- California banned employers from using AI to predict workers’ emotions using biometric data.
- Employers must send written notice if AI causes large-scale layoffs.
- Employers cannot rely on AI alone to decide to fire employees.
- Newsom signed an order to keep calling the technology “artificial intelligence,” rejecting President Donald Trump’s preferred term “super intelligence.”
- Newsom criticized the lack of federal AI regulations and called for more government action on AI risks.
- California requires AI chatbot makers to do risk checks before releasing products.
- Newsom’s AI laws were signed on his last day before leaving office in January 2025.
- Newsom also signed a tax credit law to help local news organizations hire journalists.
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