California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Saturday, asking for independent verification of AI models and establishing an expert committee to create “kill switches” for AI agents that could go rogue. This move comes as Newsom is reportedly eyeing a 2028 U.S. presidential run. He had previously vetoed a similar bill in 2024, stating it would “thwart the promise of this technology,” but later signed the nation's first frontier AI bill into law in October 2025.