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California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US

Brian Merchant · 1 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    California's new AI labor laws begin to form a framework that advances worker rights in the age of ubiquitous enterprise AI, and that is much needed.

    Their wordsCrucially, the new laws begin to form a framework that advances worker rights in the age of ubiquitous enterprise AI. This is much-needed, and it's an achievement that represents a real victory for labor.

  2. Our reading

    Workers face a continuing fight against corporations embracing mass automation and surveillance, and against big tech's AI-focused concentration of power.

    Their wordsAnd workers everywhere should look forward to continuing to fight against corporations angling to embrace mass automation and surveillance, and against big tech's continued, AI-focused concentration of power. That fight has just begun.

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