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Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, signs legislation intended to strengthen worker protections involving artificial intelligence as lawmakers, labor leaders and workers look on in Sacramento on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom)

Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Wednesday aimed at protecting workers from the threats of artificial intelligence, including potential job losses and workplace surveillance

California customers stuck in automated customer service systems will have a new way to reach a live agent under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that requires large companies to make a good-faith effort to connect them within 15 minutes.

In its 2027-28 state budget proposal, the public system emphasized the importance of a unified adoption of artificial intelligence practices and policies.

Entrepreneur Eric Schiffer discusses the potential economic consequences of California’s Proposition 40, including concerns that the proposed one-time 5% wealth tax could push wealthy residents and entrepreneurs to leave the state.

In 2025, a California teenager named Adam Raine took his life after ChatGPT allegedly coached him on how to do it. The tragic event inspired “Adam’s Law,” which California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday.

California leaders are responding after a viral post warned artificial intelligence could end humanity within the next decade.

California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM – Free Report) by 13,260.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 188,085,056 shares of the CRM provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 186,677,290 shares during the quarter. California…

Sacramento, California; May 28, 2026: A Colorado-based venture capital firm filed a lawsuit today challenging a California law that forces venture capital funds to interrogate the founders of companies they invest in about their race, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexual orientation — and report that data to the State. 1517 Fund alleges that the law…

On March 17, 2026, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it has temporarily suspended implementation and enforcement of the Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law (FIPVCC), the new statutory framework that would require venture capital firms and certain other private investment vehicles with a California nexus to collect…