Policy & regulation · Sep 21
California moves AI audits and kill switches toward product requirements
Newsom’s Executive Order N-9-26 turns frontier AI oversight into a design, testing and documentation problem.
- Treat auditability as a product requirement, not a document assembled after deployment.
- Start mapping safety evidence, logs and model changes so outside reviewers can verify filings.
- Watch the Nov. 16, 2026 recommendations for the first concrete shape of California’s frontier AI obligations.