The state of California on September 30 adopted regulations that block the use of neural sensors and employee sentiment analysis in professional environments. Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order and AB 1883 to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence for reading workers' emotions or conducting terminations without human oversight. Under the new rules, employers must disclose if a mass layoff or relocation is caused by an AI system and are forbidden from using software to exclusively handle discipline or firing decisions.
These curbs come as a counter-strike to a federal mandate from President Trump, who signed an order on September 29 requiring all federal agencies to replace the term "Artificial Intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" or "SI." Trump argued that "artificial" is a fake term and suggested that the industry should rely on self-regulation rather than binding federal rules. The rebranding triggered a land grab for Slovenia's ".si" web domains, which saw over 6,000 registrations in two days and generated millions of dollars in turnover for speculators.
Key sources
- SOURCE@rohanpaul_ai“AB 1883 bans AI surveillance tools that recognize or predict an employee's emotional state”x.com
- SOURCE@amanda_goodall“the executive branch shall use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI””x.com
- SOURCE@atrupar“I spoke to President Xi. He loves it ... 'Artificial intelligence' is like the news. Fake news.”x.com
- SUPPORT@atrupar“We changed the name officially today to SI. Like sigh.”x.com
- SUPPORT@stocksavvyshay“Elon Musk nearly said AI before catching himself with “SI… super intelligence””x.com
- SUPPORT@foreignpolicy“led to a surge of interest in Slovenia’s “.si” web domain”x.com
- SUPPORT@adamscochran“requires that all Federal departments use the term “Super Intelligence” specifically “SI” AND that they “no longer acknowledge” the term AI”x.com
- SUPPORT@adamscochran“.si domain have seen *MILLIONS* of dollars in turn over”x.com