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Back to EpisodesAISN #63: California’s SB-53 Passes the Legislature
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In this edition: California's legislature sent SB-53—the ‘Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act’—to Governor Newsom's desk. If signed into law, California would become the first US state to regulate catastrophic risk.
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California's SB-53 Passes the Legislature
SB-53 is the Legislature's weaker sequel to last year's vetoed SB-1047. After Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB-1047 last year, he convened the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models. The group's June report recommended transparency, incident reporting, and whistleblower protections as near-term priorities for governing AI systems. SB-53 (the [...]
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(00:49) California's SB-53 Passes the Legislature
(06:33) In Other News
(08:37) Discussion about this post
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First published:
September 24th, 2025
Source:
https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-63-californias
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