California’s big AI regulation bill will likely head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk

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California’s big AI regulation bill will likely head to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk
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A California bill requiring makers of large AI systems to test them for potential harm is nearly through the legislature. It could still face a veto by Newsom.

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Whistleblowers who used to work at OpenAI, and Anthropic, a company cofounded by former OpenAI employees, support the bill. Also in favor of the bill are, who helped start OpenAI, and frequently-cited AI researcher Yoshua Bengio. They argue, in part, that AI tools pose significant harms and that the federal government has not done enough to address those harms, including through regulation.

Wiener said similar claims were made when California adopted net neutrality and data privacy laws in 2018, but those predictions did not come true.

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