OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill
OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab, is urging California to bolster its AI safety bill, SB 53. In a LinkedIn post, the company's global affairs team said the state's legislation "should be amended to expand safeguards." They suggested requiring monitoring of frontier models during training or evaluation for potential serious incidents, and enhancing cybersecurity protections throughout the model-development process.
OpenAI emphasized that as California leads on frontier AI safety, they are committed to collaborating with the state legislature and governor to strengthen SB 53. The post cited recent incidents that highlighted the necessity for these protections and stressed the importance of updating them as new risks arise. OpenAI's support for more stringent AI safeguards is surprising, as the company previously opposed SB 53, which mandates transparency and whistleblower protections for large AI companies.
The firm explained that in the absence of substantial federal legislation, they now favor a "reverse federalism" approach, allowing states to pursue compatible protections that could eventually form the basis for a nationwide standard.
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