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California governor vetoes major AI safety bill
The California AI safety bill is done.
Changes since its introduction included removing proposals for a new regulatory agency and giving the state attorney general power to sue developers for potential incidents before they occur. In a letter to bill author Senator Scott Wiener, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon said SB 1047 would slow progress and that the federal government should handle AI regulation instead. Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote to the governor after the bill was amended, listing his perceived pros and cons and saying, “...the new SB 1047 is substantially improved, to the point where we believe its benefits likely outweigh its costs.”
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