California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, into law, establishing California as a leader in safe and trustworthy AI development. This legislation introduces guardrails on the creation of advanced AI models, aiming to enhance online safety and build public trust while fostering innovation. SB 53 establishes the following new requirements for frontier AI developers: (1) requiring large frontier developers to publicly publish a framework on its website describing how the company has incorporated national standards, international standards, and industry-consensus best practices into its frontier AI framework; (2) establishing a new consortium within the Government Operations Agency to develop a framework for creating a public computing cluster. The consortium, called CalCompute, will advance the development and deployment of AI that is safe, ethical, equitable, and sustainable by fostering research and innovation; (3) creating a new mechanism for frontier AI companies and the public to report potential critical safety incidents to California’s Office of Emergency Services; (4) protecting whistleblowers who disclose significant health and safety risks posed by frontier models, and creates a civil penalty for noncompliance, enforceable by the Attorney General’s office; and (5) directing the California Department of Technology to annually recommend appropriate updates to the law based on multistakeholder input, technological developments, and international standards.
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