Newsom signs executive order requiring AI companies to provide safety and privacy barriers

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed an executive order requiring artificial intelligence companies doing business with the state to establish safety and privacy guidelines.

command (PDFIt is designed to ensure companies that contract with the state adhere to strict standards and develop responsible policies to prevent misuse of their technology while protecting consumers’ safety and privacy, according to Newsom’s office.

“California is leading in AI, and we will use every tool we have to ensure companies protect people’s rights, and don’t exploit or put them in harm’s way,” Newsom said in a statement. “While others in Washington design policies and make contracts in the shadow of abuse, we are focused on doing it the right way.”

The executive order comes as the Trump administration asserts that the federal government should be responsible for regulating the AI ​​industry — and that requiring AI companies to comply with 50 different sets of state laws would prevent the United States from “winning” the global AI race.

The White House recently released a new report Policy framework To regulate generative AI that focuses on some of the biggest concerns people have about AI: Loss of job, Copyright chaos for creators, Rapidly expanding infrastructure such as data centers and Protecting vulnerable groups such as children. But critics say it’s not enough to regulate the fast-growing AI industry.

Some states have passed laws making it a crime to establish them Sexual images of people without their consentWhile others have imposed restrictions on insurance companies using artificial intelligence Approve or deny health care claims. The companies, including Google, Meta, OpenAI, and Andreessen Horowitz, have been pushing for national AI standards rather than filing lawsuits in all 50 states.