Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Yana Paskova / Getty Images for NYT)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stands with actor Danny Trejo, left, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland at a press conference at Raleigh Studios unveiling a vast expansion of California’s Film and Television Credit Program on October 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Advocacy groups sent a letter to Gov. Newsom urging him to sign an AI bill that would put tighter requirements on private companies developing the technology.
AB 1018 would have required companies and government agencies to notify individuals when automated decision systems were used for "consequential decisions."