{"id":257050,"date":"2026-05-27T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/gavin-newsom-takes-a-populist-turn-on-ai-ahead-of-a-possible-2028-presidential-run\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:40:11","slug":"gavin-newsom-takes-a-populist-turn-on-ai-ahead-of-a-possible-2028-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/gavin-newsom-takes-a-populist-turn-on-ai-ahead-of-a-possible-2028-presidential-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom takes a populist turn on AI ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gavin Newsom takes a populist turn on AI ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-27 13:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.nbcnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For years, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has reaped the benefits of Silicon Valley\u2019s AI boom \u2014 in the form of tax revenue for his state and political contributions from industry leaders.<\/p>\n

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Newsom\u2019s interests often aligned with those of tech titans, and he largely protected those interests. In 2024, for example, he vetoed a bill that would have created legal liabilities for artificial intelligence companies in the event of catastrophes involving terrorism, mass casualties or other damage to society. It would also have required the companies to maintain kill switches so that AI processes could be turned off. <\/p>\n

Newsom has long talked about the need to find a practical balance between utopian corporate visions of AI\u2019s upsides and dystopian populist nightmares of human subservience to machines. <\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the stakes \u2014 protecting against actual threats without unnecessarily thwarting the promise of this technology to advance the public good \u2014 we must get this right,\u201d he said in his veto message.<\/p>\n

But as he lays the groundwork for a widely anticipated 2028 presidential bid, Newsom is shifting his weight away from the corporate end of the balance and toward the populist end. The move could have implications not only for the Democratic nomination fight, but also in a general election, as the political left and right have coalesced around concerns about AI driving up costs to consumers and posing threats to liberty, cybersecurity and physical safety.<\/p>\n

The issue has bedeviled elected officials in both parties at the federal and state levels. <\/p>\n

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They are clearly feeling heat from the public over a wide variety of AI-related issues, from potential job losses, the expensive energy demands of data centers and sexual exploitation, to more abstract fears of Americans\u2019 lives being run by a handful of the rich and powerful through the use of advanced machines. <\/p>\n

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