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California’s AI Kill Switch Needs More Than an Off Button

Stopping the model is only the beginning.

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© 2026 Maureen Doyle-Spare. All rights reserved.
California · Executive Order N-9-26

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Stopping the model is only the beginning.

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An execution-level kill switch cannot by itself revoke interpretations and authority already passed into downstream workflows. Authorization Emission, the Agentic Blast Radius, and the Semantic Audit Trail expose what was authorized, what propagated, and what must be contained.

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