All the news about SB 1047, California’s attempt to govern AI

California State Assembly and Senate have passed The Secure Innovation for Pioneering AI Models Act (SB 1047), one of the first significant pieces of AI legislation in the US.

The bill, which has been a flashpoint in Silicon Valley and beyond, would require AI companies operating in California to implement a series of precautions before training an advanced foundation model. They include allowing the model to be quickly and completely turned off, ensuring that the model is protected from “unsafe modifications after training” and maintaining a testing procedure to assess whether the model or its derivatives are particularly likely to “cause or enable critical harm.”