California Gov. Newsom vetoes landmark AI safety bill

Calif. Gov. Vetoes AI Safety Bill, Signs Disclosure Law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked contentious AI safety legislation that would have held developers accountable for “severe harm,” while signing the nation’s most comprehensive rules for disclosing the data that is fed to AI models.

What Newsom Vetoed: The AI safety bill, called SB 1047, was poised to be one of the most consequential pieces of AI regulation in the US, given California’s central position in the tech ecosystem and the lack of federal legislation for AI. Companies developing powerful AI models would have been required to take reasonable care ...