This past week’s Zaller Law Group masterclass on AI in the Workplace walked California employers through what they need to know right now about AI in the workplace. The conversation covered everything from a federal court ruling on AI and attorney-client privilege to California’s new automated hiring regulations to practical tools employers can start using today.

Here is a recap of five key takeaways every California employer, CEO, business owner, HR professional, and in-house counsel should be thinking about on how AI will impact their business:

1. The AI Revolution Is Happening Right Now — And the Window to Adapt Is Closing

We opened the masterclass with a reference to an article by Matt Schumer, CEO of Otherside AI, that has gone viral in the AI community. Schumer has spent six years building in the AI space, and his message is blunt: the gap between what insiders know is coming and what the general public understands has gotten too wide to keep sugar coating.

His comparison that stuck with me is this: we’re in a moment similar to February 2020, right before COVID. Most people weren’t paying attention, and then three weeks later the entire world changed. The pace of AI development is staggering. In 2022, AI couldn’t do basic math. In 2023, it passed the bar exam. By 2024, it was writing software and explaining graduate-level science. In late 2025, some of the best engineers in the world said they were handing over most of their coding work to AI. And the CEO of...

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