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Californians want controls on AI. Why did Gavin Newsom veto an AI safety bill? | AI lobbyists are fighting regulation because they know voters of both parties do not trust the sector to police itself
AI lobbyists are fighting regulation because they know voters of both parties do not trust the sector to police itself
Governor Gavin Newsom of California recently killed SB1047, a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence safety bill, arguing that its focus on only the largest AI models leaves out smaller ones that can also be risky. The top three names on the congressional letter – Zoe Lofgren, Anna Eshoo, and Ro Khanna – have more than $4m in political contributions from the industry, accounting for nearly half of their lifetime top-20 contributors. The death knell probably came from the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who published her own statement against the bill, citing the congressional letter and Li’s Fortune op-ed.
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