Industry ups pressure on Newsom to veto bill limiting AI use for worker management

Industry and business groups are ramping up a campaign to convince California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to veto a labor-backed bill to bar employers from relying on automated decision-making systems to make a variety of employment and operational decisions without human oversight.

The bill, SB 7 “creates complex, unnecessary rules for tools businesses and state and local entities rely on to help with everyday tasks, such as scheduling, benefits, security, and project management,” argues an advertisement backed by...