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Cryptocurrency News Articles
California Governor Gavin Newsom Vetoes AI Safety Bill, Arguing It Would Hinder Innovation and Fail to Protect the Public from the “Real” Threats Raised by the Tech
Sep 30, 2024 at 11:02 am
The bill was unpopular among lawmakers, advisors, and big technology firms in the lead-up to Newsom's decision.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a hotly-contested artificial intelligence (AI) bill, arguing that it would hamper innovation and fail to protect the public from the “real” threats posed by the technology.
Newsom vetoed SB 1047 — the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act — on Sept. 30. The bill had drawn strong opposition from Silicon Valley.
It proposed mandatory safety testing of AI models and other guardrails, with tech companies expressing concerns that it would stifle innovation.
Newsom said in a Sept. 29 statement that the bill focused too heavily on regulating top existing AI companies while not protecting the public from the “real” threats posed by the emerging technology.
Authored by San Francisco Democratic Senator Scott Wiener, SB 1047 would also require developers in California — including big names like ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Meta, and Google — to implement a “kill switch” for their AI models and publish plans for mitigating extreme risks.
If the bill were enacted, AI developers would also be subject to lawsuits by the state attorney general in the event of an ongoing threat from models such as an AI grid takeover.
Newsom said he had asked the world’s leading AI safety experts to assist California in “developing workable guardrails” that prioritize a “science-based trajectory analysis.” He also announced that he had directed state agencies to enhance their assessment of the risks posed by potential catastrophic events resulting from AI development.
While vetoing SB 1047, Newsom emphasized the need for adequate safety protocols for AI, stating that regulators cannot “afford to wait for a major catastrophe to occur before taking action to protect the public.”
Newsom’s administration has signed over 18 bills related to AI regulation in the last 30 days, he added.
The bill faced opposition from lawmakers, industry advisors, and big tech companies in the lead-up to Newsom's decision.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and companies like OpenAI argued that it would significantly hamper the development of AI.
The head of AI policy at Abundance Institute, Neil Chilson, warned that while the bill is designed to target models of a specific cost and size — those costing over $100 million — its scope could easily be expanded to clamp down on smaller developers too.
However, a select few tech leaders, including billionaire Elon Musk, who is developing his own AI model called “Grok,” have expressed support for the bill and sweeping AI regulations more broadly.
In an Aug. 26 post to X, Musk stated that “California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill,” though he admitted that backing the bill was a “tough call.”
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