Gavin Newsom orders California firms to keep 'AI' name unchanged after Trump's 'superintelligence' decree

California Governor Gavin Newsom (Photo AP) California Governor Gavin Newsom has taken another swipe at President Donald Trump, this time over the administration’s push to replace the term “artificial intelligence” with “superintelligence”.Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order directing California state agencies and departments under his authority to continue referring to the technology as “artificial intelligence” or “AI”, regardless of any different terminology adopted by the federal government, unless required otherwise by law.Sharing the move on X, Newsom said: “I just signed an executive order permanently declaring Artificial Intelligence ‘Artificial Intelligence’ in California. You’re welcome, America.”The order states that California agencies must refer to artificial intelligence as “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI”, even if the federal government adopts different or rebranded terminology.Newsom hits back at Trump’s ‘superintelligence’ pushThe order came a day after Trump directed the federal government to use the term “superintelligence” for AI, arguing that the technology is “not artificial”.Newsom, in a statement accompanying his executive order, said: “Super int...