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California AI bill sparks debate in Silicon Valley as some tech giants call it a threat to innovation
A controversial AI regulation bill is sparking a fierce debate in Silicon Valley. California legislatures will vote on SB 1047 this week - if passed it would broadly regulate how AI is deployed and developed.
In a letter to Wiener, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer Jason Kwon wrote that while it supports some of the bill's provisions, AI regulations should be left for the federal government to decide on. “A federally-driven set of AI policies, rather than a patchwork of state laws, will foster innovation and position the US to lead the development of global standards," wrote Kwon. Dr. Fei-Fei Li, known as the “Godmother of AI” and the co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, wrote in Fortune earlier this month that the bill’s penalties and restrictions would have “unintended consequences” on innovation.
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