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California bill regulating top AI companies signed into law

... The law is likely to have worldwide ramifications, as 32 of the world’s top 50 AI companies are based in California. In a signing message to the state Senate, Newsom wrote that California’s “status as a global leader in technology allows us a unique opportunity to provide a blueprint for well-balanced AI policies beyond our borders–especially in the absence of a comprehensive federal AI policy framework.”

The law requires leading AI companies to publish public documents detailing how they are following best practices to create safe AI systems. It creates a pathway for companies to report severe AI-related incidents to California’s Office of Emergency Services while strengthening protections for whistleblowers who raise concerns about health and safety risks. 

The law is backed by civil penalties for noncompliance, to be enforced by the state attorney general’s office. ...

In a statement Monday afternoon, Anthropic co-founder and head of policy Jack Clark said: "Governor Newsom’s signature on SB 53 establishes meaningful transparency requirements for frontier AI companies without imposing prescriptive technical mandates." 

"While federal standards remain essential to avoid a patchwork of state regulations, California has created a strong framework that balances public safety with continued innovation," he said. ...

Addressing the U.N. one day after Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “We are now living through the most destructive arms race in human history because this time, it includes artificial intelligence.”

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