A podcast on California Bill 1047 on Frontier AI Models
On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his decision to veto the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act” proposed by Senator Scott Wiener (Proposed Bill SB 1047). This bill sought to become the first law in the United States to regulate advanced AI models and impose obligations on companies that develop, fine-tune or provide compute resources to train such models. Newsom’s decision was an anticlimactic end to a legislative effort that saw odd bedfellows unite both in support and in opposition to the bill. Though the law sailed through both houses of California’s legislature, SB 1047 exposed surprising cleavages on approaches to U.S. technology policy. Governor Newsom returned the bill to the legislature without his signature. However, Newsom committed to working with legislators, academics, and other partners to “find the appropriate path forward, including legislation and regulation” (see Statement of Gavin Newsom on September 29, 2024).
This podcast was automatically generated by NotebookLM (you can also access it here by signing on Google) from a draft presentation text on SB 1047, co-authored with Ashok Ayar and Zeke Gillman. It not only provides valuable information about Bill 1047, but also illustrates the current state of generative AI technology and its impressive capabilities. Enjoy listening!
The illustration was generated by ChatGPT.
