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California State Senate recently gave final approval to a new AI protection bill, SB 53 Governor Gavin News is being shipped Either the sign or veto.
If all this seems to be familiar it is News Another AI Protection Bill VeoLast year State Senator Scott Winner wrote. However, SB 53 Winner’s previous SB 1047, larger AI companies earn more than $ 500 million in annual revenue.
I got the opportunity to discuss SB 53 in the latest episode with my colleague Max Jeff and Cursten Korosek TechCrunch Flagship Podcast EquityThe Max believes Winner has a better shot to be law on a new bill, partially because of that big company’s focus and this is because it has been AI Organization is authorized by anthropologistsThe
Below is a preview of our conversation about AI protection and state-level law. (I edited the transcript for length, transparency and for us somewhat smarter))))
Max: Why should you take care of the AI protection law passed in a chamber in California? We are entering this age where AI companies are becoming the most powerful companies in the world and it is going to be one of the most likely one of their power checks.
This is much narrow than SB 1047, which received a lot of pushback last year. But I think SB 53 still keeps some meaningful rules in AI labs. It publishes security reports for their models. If any of them have happened, it basically forces them to report to their government. And this too, for employees in these labs, if they are concerned, they give them a channel to report to the government and do not face pushback from companies, though many of them have signed the NDA.
To me, it seems like a potential meaningful check on the power of technology companies, something that we haven’t realized for the past few decades.
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Carsten: It is important to think about why it is important at the state level, it is important to think about being California. Each big AI company is very high, if not based here, it has a big footprint in this state. Other states are not a matter of no matter – I don’t want to get emails from Colorado people or anything – but it’s especially California because it’s really the center of AI activities.
Although my question for you is, Max, what does it seem like is a lot of exceptions and out of engraving. It is narrow, but it is complicated than ever [bill]?
Max: In some ways, yes. I would say that the original engraving from this bill is that it really tries not to apply to small startups. And basically, Senator Scott Weiner, who represented San Francisco, is one of the major debates about the latest legislature attempt from the person who wrote the bill, many people say it can damage the startup ecosystem, which many people accept the issue because it is now a Buming part of the California economy.
This bill is especially applicable to AI developers [generating] More than 500 million dollars [from] Their AI model. It really tries to notice that Open is not Open, Google Dipmind, these big companies and your run-off-mill startup.
Anthony: As I realized, if you have a small startup you have to share some security information, but not almost so.
It [also] Ai landscapes around AI control and a major change in the last year and this year, now we have a new president to talk about. The Federal Administration has taken a lot of position about any regulations and companies should be able to do what they want, they actually include the extent that they include [language] Funding Bill says State cannot have its own AI controlThe
I don’t think none of it has been cut so far, but they may probably try to get it in the future. So this could be another front where the Trump administration and the blue states are fighting.
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