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Technology

Sep. 3, 2026

Newsom faces final decisions on AI, social media bills

Measures regulating children's use of AI chatbots, addictive online features and workplace surveillance are among hundreds of bills awaiting action.

Newsom faces final decisions on AI, social media bills
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has one major task remaining as his tenure winds down: deciding the fate of hundreds of bills now on his desk.

Some of the biggest questions involve technology measures approved in the final days of the legislative session, including bills regulating children's use of AI chatbots, addictive online features and workplace surveillance.

Among them is SB 1119, which would impose new safeguards on AI chatbots used by children. Known as Adam's Law, aft...

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