Gov. Gavin Newsom said he seeks to balance his desire to preserve California’s role as the vanguard of technology against his ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to create safety measures for large artificial intelligence models in what would have been the first such law in the country.

The bill, which would have been the first AI law in the US, would have required tech companies to test models and provided whistleblower protections to workers.

The decision is a blow to efforts attempting to rein in the industry that is rapidly evolving with little oversight.