California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday defied Trump’s rebranding of AI as “Super Intelligence” by signing an executive order that emphasized on using “Artificial Intelligence” in California.
The new order is seen as a rejection of Trump’s push to rebrand technology as Super Intelligence in government documents and communications.
In the order, Newsom dismissed the AI’s rebranding and called it a distraction from an “impotent and craven failure to take action to address well-documented emerging security and safety risks posed by that thing.”
“Super intelligence is clearly not coming from the White House, that’s why California continues to lead,” Newsom said in a statement accompanying his order.
According to the governor, California has taken effective steps to strengthen the safety and consumer privacy of AI. Owing to these actions, California holds a significant position in tech-driven innovation.
Notwithstanding any alternative terminology introduced at the federal level, Newsom has mandated that all state departments and agencies under his jurisdiction must officially continue to refer to the technology as “Artificial Intelligence” or “AI.”
The announcement comes after President Trump on Tuesday hosted top tech executives including Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Dario Amodei and signed a morally binding accord with them that required tech giants to self-police their models before releasing them to the public. Newsom slammed self-regulation, arguing it falls short without mandatory enforcement.
Besides the executive order, the California governor signed laws, banning employees from relying on AI for making decisions related to disciplinary or layoff decisions and requiring companies to send notices if AI adoption causes a mass layoff.
