SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A sprawling bill targeting the regulation of large artificial intelligence models that failed last year returned Tuesday to the California Capitol in a new form.
Last year's Senate Bill 1047, written by state Senator Scott Wiener, would have imposed safeguards and policies for the development of large AI models. Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed it in September, saying it fell short of a flexible solution that would avoid catastrophic risk.
That led the San Francisco Democrat on Tuesday to present a new version of the bill to his chamber’s Governmental Organizational Committee.
The new Senate Bill 53 focuses on two aspects of the prior bill that Newsom didn’t criticize, Wiener said. It would create a consortium to build a framework for a public cloud computing cluster, called “CalCompute.” It also would strengthen whistleblower protections for people involved with certain AI models.
“We know that AI has strong potential to make the world a better place, to improve people’s health,” Wiener said.
However, the senator added that the powerful technology is moving at breakneck pace and government must keep up through regulations. Wiener also said a lack of federal action has necessitated California to enact legislation.
“And now this new administration is openly hostile to any regulation,” he said of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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