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California AI safety bill SB 1047 goes to Governor Newsom.

Controversial legislation requiring tests of large AI systems could face a veto by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

California lawmakers approved a controversial bill that requires companies that make or modify powerful forms of artificial intelligence to test for their ability to enable critical harm to society. Opposition has come from companies including Google and Meta, ChatGPT maker OpenAI, startup incubator Y Combinator, and Fei-Fei Li, an advisor to President Joe Biden and co-organizer of the generative AI symposium ordered by Newsom. Meta reiterated its opposition after the bill cleared the Legislature Thursday, writing in an unsigned statement that the legislation “would stifle AI development in California, hurt business growth and job creation, and break from the state’s long tradition of fostering open-source innovation.

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