Gavin Newsom
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Gavin Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A prominent member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the lieutenant governor of California and the mayor of San Francisco. He is also a co-founder of the PlumpJack Group and the author of "Citizenville."
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Mentions of Gavin Newsom per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, ai & tech.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | 0.57‰ | 3 |
| Sep 20 | 0.69‰ | 1 |
| Sep 21 | 1.43‰ | 4 |
| Sep 23 | 1.87‰ | 1 |
| Sep 27 | 1.35‰ | 1 |
| Oct 2 | 0.37‰ | 1 |
| Oct 3 | 0.57‰ | 1 |
| Oct 7 | 0.56‰ | 1 |
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Newsom’s AI oversight plans and California policy disputes drive discussion
AI shows discussed Newsom’s executive order accelerating work on an AI kill switch, including independent oversight, a working group, and third-party safety inspectors.[1][2]
The AI Daily Brief relayed Newsom’s view that California should act with urgent velocity, while Claude AI Daily described the proposal as rules legislators should write in 2 months.[2][3]
The Decoded Podcast discussed Newsom’s proposal for a national public equity fund taking stakes in AI companies so the public could share in their growth.[4]
TBPN also treated Newsom’s disagreement with Donald Trump over using AI versus super intelligence as part of a joking argument for commercialization.[5][6]
Other shows focused on California disputes, including criticism that Newsom signed regulations benefiting narrow groups and allowed conditions blamed for wildfire risk.[7]
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- 1.Bloomberg Tech · AI Builds Itself as the Spending Boom AcceleratesEd Ludlow · Sep 18 · Listen at 7:46 ↗
“Rachel, Davey, we have some breaking news. Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has issued an executive order on the creation of an AI kill switch. The order accelerates what he says will be independent oversight of AI. That story just”
- 2.The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · The State of the AI DebateNathaniel Whittemore · Sep 21 · Listen at 17:16 ↗
“Having a central body that provides support around cybersecurity to other arms of the military might not be a crazy notion. Now, speaking of kill switches, in other areas of the AI debate, kill switch bills are becoming a very popular polic”
- 3.Claude AI Daily · Amazon blocks Meta's Muse Agent, Trump Rebands AI, Newsom Create AI Kill SwitchSpeaker A · Sep 21 · Listen at 2:06 ↗
“It's sort of hilarious. Some people call it pretty cringey. In my opinion, it's very entertaining, but we'll see what happens. He's promised an AI force and a new AI czar, so there's a lot going on there. We also, on the other side of the p”
- 4.The Decoded Podcast · Inside AI safety's hottest clubSam Sutton · Oct 7 · Listen at 7:17 ↗
“which is going to be affecting all of us whether we like it or not in the next couple of years. One of the things that was interesting to me was sort of how his policy blueprint maybe fits in with some of the other potential 28 candidates.”
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