California Governor Vetoes Far-Reaching AI Safety Bill
The California bill would have required safety testing of large AI models before they could be released to the public, gave the state's attorney general the right to sue companies if their technologies caused serious harm and mandated a kill switch to turn off AI systems in case of major threats.
Advocates vow to keep fighting after Newsom vetoes AI safety bill
The bill was backed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk; San Francisco-based Anthropic, one of the leading AI developers; and Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, early developers of the technology who are known as two of the “godfathers of AI.” It also had support from the broader public, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by one of the bill’s sponsors.
The bill aimed to limit the chance for catastrophic outcomes from misuse of AI. Opponents called it “misguided.” ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for ...
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