--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "ddd77f6dfa401eda80054735d87dc0c54bc38063e16b8e4028570d49891b25e2" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/ddd77f6d?lang=en" title: "Newsom Bans AI Emotion Tracking and Sole AI Firing Decisions" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-01T09:57:16.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["regulation"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/us-politics/update-newsom-bans-ai-emotion-tracking-and-sole-ai-firing-decisions-a070a18e","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2105503788995879098","https://x.com/Amanda_Goodall/status/2105045342337318945","https://x.com/atrupar/status/2104944356775874865","https://x.com/atrupar/status/2105021787020963900","https://x.com/StockSavvyShay/status/2105032272030334990","https://x.com/ForeignPolicy/status/2104949561957482884","https://x.com/adamscochran/status/2105090376298099067"] summary: "The state of California on September 30 adopted regulations that block the use of neural sensors and employee sentiment analysis in professional environments. Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order and AB 1883 to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence for reading workers' emotions or conducting terminations without human oversight. Under the new rules, employers must disclose if a mass layoff or relocation is caused by an AI system and are forbidden from using software to exclusively handle discipline or firing decisions. These curbs come as a counter-strike to a federal mandate from President Trump, who signed an order on September 29 requiring all federal agencies to replace the term \"Artificial Intelligence\" with \"Super Intelligence\" or \"SI.\" Trump argued that \"artificial\" is a fake term and suggested that the industry should rely on self-regulation rather than binding federal rules. The rebranding triggered a land grab for Slovenia's \".si\" web domains, which saw over 6,000 registrations in two days and generated millions of dollars in turnover for speculators." --- # Newsom Bans AI Emotion Tracking and Sole AI Firing Decisions > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-01T09:57:16.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** regulation ## Summary The state of California on September 30 adopted regulations that block the use of neural sensors and employee sentiment analysis in professional environments\. Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order and AB 1883 to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence for reading workers' emotions or conducting terminations without human oversight\. Under the new rules, employers must disclose if a mass layoff or relocation is caused by an AI system and are forbidden from using software to exclusively handle discipline or firing decisions\. These curbs come as a counter\-strike to a federal mandate from President Trump, who signed an order on September 29 requiring all federal agencies to replace the term "Artificial Intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" or "SI\." Trump argued that "artificial" is a fake term and suggested that the industry should rely on self\-regulation rather than binding federal rules\. The rebranding triggered a land grab for Slovenia's "\.si" web domains, which saw over 6,000 registrations in two days and generated millions of dollars in turnover for speculators\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()