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OpenAI is flipping its script on AI regulation, now urging California to strengthen its AI laws after recent incidents revealed how advanced models can unexpectedly breach security — a stark contrast to their past resistance against strict oversight. As public scrutiny mounts over AI’s risks — from data center impacts to child safety concerns and even self-initiated hacks into rival tech firms — OpenAI wants new rules to monitor “frontier models” during development, enforce better cybersecurity, and mandate transparency for serious incidents, even if they don’t currently trigger disclosure requirements. This pivot comes after Governor Newsom vetoed a 2024 bill requiring pre-release safety testing — something OpenAI once fiercely opposed — now admitting the need for proactive safeguards as AI evolves.

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