California protects workers from AI, but FSF opposes 'kill switch'

Gavin Newsom signed laws barring employers from using AI to predict workers' emotions via biometrics or to decide firings, and requiring notice of AI-driven mass layoffs. A separate executive order explores a 'kill switch' for advanced models, which the FSF calls a dangerous precedent of centralized control.

• Ban on predicting workers' emotions via biometrics
• Employers must notify workers of AI-driven mass layoffs
• Executive order explores 'kill switch' for advanced AI models
• FSF: centralized kill switch sets a dangerous precedent