Environmental and business groups alike had lobbied against the bill, which establishes a 300-foot minimum distance between new warehouses and inhabited buildings.

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a major AI safety bill today, saying that it applied “stringent standards to even the most basic functions — so long as a large system deploys it.” “I do not believe this is the best approach to protecting the public from real threats posed by the technology,

Adaptability is critical as we race to regulate a technology still in its infancy. This will require a delicate balance,” Gavin Newsom wrote.