In a letter, the company proposed amendments to SB 53 covering AI model testing, cybersecurity and incident reporting, following a September executive order from the governor calling…

The state agency’s new Fire Innovation Unit will bring firefighters, IT specialists and researchers together to test whether emerging tools can address operational gaps and improve safety…

The order directs state officials to accelerate independent AI audits and create new safeguards for frontier models, including emergency “kill switches” and expanded reporting of critical safety…

The new tool will track shelter use, length of stay, demographics, people housed, program exits and destinations, exits without notice and participant deaths.

The laws create a framework for independent verification organizations that can assess AI systems and models and establish a state registry for AI auditors.

The tool uses Anthropic’s Claude model and will rely on state subject matter experts to help validate responses from verified sources, rather than simply generate conversational answers…

The new tool will track shelter use, length of stay, demographics, people housed, program exits and destinations, exits without notice and participant deaths.

State officials said that CA Bridge Connect is intended to close the gap between traditionally fragmented systems that can often make it difficult for people to find…

Ayushi Roy, who served the GSA's former digital services agency, was selected to replace Jonathan Porat, who announced his resignation in April.

California's governor directed state agencies to form new positions and a new organization designed to rally defenses against AI-fueled attacks against critical services.