AISN #42: Newsom Vetoes SB 1047

Plus, OpenAI's o1, and AI Governance Summary.

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Newsom Vetoes SB 1047

On Sunday, Governor Newsom vetoed California's Senate Bill 1047 (SB 1047), the most ambitious legislation to-date aimed at regulating frontier AI models. The bill, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener and covered in a previous newsletter, would have required AI developers to test frontier models for hazardous capabilities and take steps to mitigate catastrophic risks. (CAIS Action Fund was a co-sponsor of SB 1047.)

Newsom states that SB 1047 is not comprehensive enough. In his letter to the California Senate, the governor argued that “SB 1047 does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments, involves [...]

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(00:18) Newsom Vetoes SB 1047

(01:55) OpenAI's o1

(06:44) AI Governance

(10:32) Links

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First published:
October 1st, 2024

Source:
https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-42-newsom-vetoes

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