Thomas Elias: Trump, Newsom aren’t doing enough to guard against AI threats

It’s high time both President Trump and his frequent sparring partner Gov. Gavin Newsom both realize that the need for better controls on artificial intelligence easily trumps Silicon Valley’s alleged need to create whatever technologies will make the biggest profits.

One of Trump’s final acts of 2025 was signing an executive order for the federal government to take over all regulation of AI, a move spurred in large part by Newsom’s signing a few bills last fall that supposedly put sufficient...