War of words: Newsom orders California to say AI after Trump’s ‘superintelligence’ executive order

SACRAMENTO, California — that of Donald Trump The quest to rename AI has a new opponent.

The governor of California. Gavin Newsom issued a decree On Wednesday, he directed state agencies to refer to the technology only as “artificial intelligence,” or AI. The directive arrived a day later Asset issued its own executive order pushing the name “superintelligence” and recruited senior technology executives to support its decision.

“Super intelligence clearly does not come from the White House – which is why California continues to play a leadership role. » Newsom said in a statement accompanying his order, which claimed the decree was “informed by common sense.”

Newsom associated his announcement with a series of invoice signatures which impose new policies aimed at protecting workers from AI, such as layoff notices and limits on the use of technology in disciplinary and termination decisions.