California has become one of the earliest jurisdictions to adopt workplace regulations specifically addressing artificial intelligence, targeting practices that could displace or surveil employees. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills on Thursday that prohibit employers from using AI systems to make sole decisions about terminating workers, from deploying algorithms to infer employee emotions, and from collecting neural data derived from brain or nerve activity. The legislation also requires companies to inform employees when artificial intelligence contributes to layoffs and bars AI monitoring in workplace restrooms. These measures reflect growing concerns among labor advocates and technologists that unchecked AI deployment could erode job security and privacy. While federal policymakers have so far refrained from enacting comprehensive AI governance, the state's actions may serve as a template for other regions seeking to balance innovation with worker protections. The laws take effect next year, with enforcement mechanisms to be determined by state labor agencies.