California Governor Newsom Signs Milestone Ai Safety Bill SB 53

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 53, a first-in-national bill that sets new transparency requirements for large AI companies.

SB 53, which passed the state legislator two weeks ago, requires large AI laboratories – including Openai, Anthropic, Meta and Google Deepmind – are transparent to security protocols. It also ensures that there is a protection of notice for employees of these companies.

In addition, SB 53 creates a mechanism for AI companies and the public to report potential critical security events to the California Office of Emergency Aid Services. Businesses also need to report events related to crimes committed without human supervision, such as cyberattacks and misleading behavior of a model not required by the EU AI ACT.

The bill has received mixed reactions from the AI ​​industry. Technical companies have widely argued that AI policy at the state level that creates a “patchwork of regulation” that would hinder innovation, although anthropically approved the bill. Meta and Openai lobbed against it. Openai even wrote and published an open letter to government manager Newsom, deterring his signature of SB 53.

The new bill is coming as some of Silicon Valley’s Tech Elite has poured hundreds of millions into Super PACs to support candidates who support an easy-touch approach to AI regulation. In recent weeks, leaders at Openai and Meta have launched Pro-Ai Super Pacs aimed at supporting candidates and bills that are kind to AI.

Still, other states may look at California for inspiration as they try to limit the potential damage caused by the undeveloped progress of such a strong growing technology. In New York, a similar bill was passed by state legislators and waiting for a government conference Kathy Hochul’s signature or veto.

“California has proven that we can establish rules to protect our society while ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive,” Newsom said in a statement. “This legislation strikes this balance. AI is the new boundary of innovation, and California is not only here for it-but stands strong as a national leader by adopting the first-in-national border AI security legislation that builds public confidence as this new technology is rapidly evolving.”

The governor also weighs another bill – SB 243 – that adopted both the State Assembly and the Senate with Bipartisan support this month. The Bill would regulate AI -Ledes Catchbots that require operators to implement security protocols and keep them legally responsible if their bots do not meet these standards.

SB 53 is Senator Scott Wiener’s second attempt at an AI security bill after Newsom vetoed his more sweeping SB 1047 last year in the middle of larger pushback from AI companies. With this bill, Wiener reached out to larger AI companies to try to help them understand the changes he made in the bill.