{"id":5658,"date":"2025-10-02T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/gavin-newsom-signs-ai-law\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:18:29","slug":"gavin-newsom-signs-ai-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/gavin-newsom-signs-ai-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The nascent AI industry has attracted untold hundreds of billions<\/a> of dollars in investment over the past few years, but it\u2019s still operating in a near-total regulatory vacuum.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say it\u2019s had no negative impact. The tech has been linked to a wave of mental health breakdowns<\/a>, suicides<\/a> and even murder<\/a> \u2014 and that\u2019s without getting into allegations about the sector\u2019s surveillance of users<\/a>, copyright violations<\/a>, and other alleged negative effects<\/a> on users and society.<\/p>\n

Now, lawmakers are starting to play catch-up. This week, California governor Gavin Newsom signed what proponents say is <\/strong>the first AI safety and transparency law in the US. The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, also known as SB 53, requires AI companies with over $500 million in revenue to publicly disclose their safety and security protocols <\/strong>in fairly granular detail.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while also ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive,\u201d Newsom said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThis legislation strikes that balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Critics might disagree. It\u2019s true that in some senses, the bill\u2019s scope is sweeping: it requires AI companies do everything from sharing how they plan to mitigate potential \u201cTerminator\u201d-esque scenarios of rogue AI rising up against humanity, to reporting critical safety incidents, to creating new protections for whistleblowers.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, its penalties feel distinctly feeble. <\/strong>Newsom vetoed a previous attempt at similar <\/strong>AI regulation last year, which would\u2019ve demanded far more from the industry: it would\u2019ve applied to a vastly larger number of companies by targeting any that <\/strong>spend upwards of $100 million on an <\/strong>AI model, for instance, and <\/strong>penalties could\u2019ve reached hundreds of millions for severe transgressions. The bill Newsom just signed, in contrast, caps fines at a drop-in-the-bucket $1 million per violation, which would be a mosquito bite to a centibillion dollar company like OpenAI.<\/p>\n

Tellingly, AI companies are trumpeting their support for the new bill. An <\/strong>OpenAI spokesperson said<\/a> the company was \u201cpleased to see that California has created a critical path toward harmonization with the federal government \u2014 the most effective approach to AI safety.\u201d Meta and Anthropic quickly parroted that praise.<\/p>\n

State lawmakers have proposed similar legislation<\/a> in New York, and there have been piecemeal attempts<\/a> to regulate aspects of AI elsewhere. But as the home of virtually every important AI company, California is in a unique position to set the agenda for meaningful regulation.<\/p>\n

This bill might be better than nothing. But as a rule of thumb, if new regulation is greeted with open arms by the industry it\u2019s supposed to oversee, it\u2019s probably not much of a threat.<\/p>\n

More on AI legislation:<\/strong> It\u2019s Now Officially Illegal to Use AI to Impersonate a Human Actor in Hollywood<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Gavin Newsom Signs Law Cracking Down on AI Industry<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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