TNB Tech Minute: California Gov. Issues Executive Order to Weigh AI Oversight
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What did California Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order say about AI safety oversight?
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jurisdictions. Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Friday, September 18th. I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order increasing state oversight of AI safety risks. The order convenes experts to consider policies like independent safety evaluations for frontier AI labs, as well as create a kill switch for models. Per the order, California's government operations agency will evaluate these proposals within two months.
How will the new AI oversight proposals, like independent safety evaluations and a kill‑switch, be evaluated in California?
Newsom criticized the federal government's lack of AI regulation and referred to President Trump and Congress as, quote, asleep at the wheel. Disney has hired Karandeep Anand, the head of startup Character AI, as its first chief technology officer. Character AI allows users to interact with AI-powered chatbot avatars ranging from real people like Elon Musk to anime characters. Anand will oversee Disney's internal technology and infrastructure, data and AI platforms, and product and engineering teams. Disney added that several of Anand's technical team from Character AI will also be joining the entertainment company.
Why did Disney hire the head of Character.AI as its first chief technology officer?
Finally, AI startup Manas is raising money and exploring a potential public listing in Hong Kong after severing ties with Meta. That's according to people familiar with the matter. The company is in talks with IDG Capital and Boyu Capital to raise about $500 million in a funding round that would value the startup at around $4 billion. Founded by Chinese entrepreneurs, Manus develops AI agents for complex tasks like generating research reports and presentation slides. It recently resumed independent operations after Chinese regulators blocked its more than $2 billion acquisition by Meta over national security concerns.
What is AI startup Manus raising $500 million for and how could a Hong Kong IPO affect its future?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:13
2
What did California Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order say about AI safety oversight?
0:13–0:46
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How will the new AI oversight proposals, like independent safety evaluations and a kill‑switch, be evaluated in California?
0:46–1:27
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Why did Disney hire the head of Character.AI as its first chief technology officer?
1:27–2:06
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What is AI startup Manus raising $500 million for and how could a Hong Kong IPO affect its future?
2:06–2:45
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What’s coming up next on TNB Tech Minute, including the bonus episode on AI chatbots for mental health?
2:45–2:51
Speakers
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