California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed on Sunday a heavily debated bill to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) approved by the Legislature in August.
Senate Bill 1047, the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, raised the stakes in the debate over AI regulations.
If Newsom had signed the bill into law, it would have required testing of AI models to ensure they don’t lead to mass death, attacks on public infrastructure, or cyberattacks.
The legislation would have also created whistleblower protections, as well as a public cloud for the development of AI for the public good.
SB 1047 would have also created the Board of Frontier Models, a California state entity, to monitor the development of AI models….