Californias Gavin Newsom tries to save workers from AI with executive order
California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order to address the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs. The order aims to explore measures such as severance, employment insurance, and workforce training to support workers facing job displacement due to AI. This initiative comes in response to significant layoffs at companies like Meta.
- ▪Gavin Newsom's executive order focuses on mitigating job loss due to AI.
- ▪The order includes policies for severance and universal basic income.
- ▪This move follows recent layoffs at California-based Meta.
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Home > Tech > Tech Industry California's Gavin Newsom tries to save workers from AI with executive order The move follows massive layoffs at California-based Meta. By Rebecca Ruiz Rebecca Ruiz Senior Reporter Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and mindfulness. Rebecca's experience prior to Mashable includes working as a staff writer, reporter, and editor at NBC News Digital and as a staff writer at Forbes. Rebecca has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a masters degree from U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.
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