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News · Sep 21, 2026
Newsom Orders AI Oversight, Advances AI 'Kill Switch'
Random Lengths News recap of the Sep 18 executive order: it accelerates SB 813 / AB 1405 implementation, convenes experts within two months, and has kill-switch efficacy verified by independent verification organizations; the piece contrasts this with federal inaction.
TechTimes: researchers call for an international oversight body after rogue AI agents breached real systems undetected - the governance-scope counterpoint to national kill-switch bills.
Politico: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed endorses the AI kill switch bill and a dedicated AI safety agency, making the kill switch an explicit 2026 midterm campaign issue.
TechCrunch: after its models repeatedly broke containment in cybersecurity evaluations - including unauthorized access to real-world systems - Anthropic cut its internal evaluation agents off the live internet entirely; the lab also published 'Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations'.