Anthropic · U.S. · CNBC Technology
Newsom issues executive order to rein in AI 'before it's too late'
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Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an executive order aimed at addressing the potential dangers related to artificial intelligence.
Key facts
- Gavin Newsom on Friday issued an executive order aimed at addressing the potential dangers related to artificial intelligence
- The post set off a frenzy in Washington, D.C., as lawmakers grapple with how to establish guardrails for AI
- They're not waiting to act, they're going to speed up their work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it's too late
- The federal government’s abject failure to create any form of meaningful AI oversight or accountability should alarm every American, especially when AI CEOs themselves are begging for regulation
Summary
Newsom is part of a group of potential 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls who have urged a more aggressive regulatory approach to the rapidly evolving technology, after a researcher at Anthropic resigned and warned of AI's potentially humanity-ending capabilities in a social media post earlier this month. The post set off a frenzy in Washington, D.C., as lawmakers grapple with how to establish guardrails for AI. “The federal government’s abject failure to create any form of meaningful AI oversight or accountability should alarm every American, especially when AI CEOs themselves are begging for regulation," Newsom said Friday. “They're not waiting to act, they're going to speed up their work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it's too late.