California considers unique safety regulations for AI companies, but faces tech firm opposition

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California lawmakers are weighing a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems.

FILE - A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. Tech giants including Meta and Google are joining small tech startups in California to push back on an ambitious bill aiming to regulate powerful generative AI systems. They argue the proposal would stifle innovation in a state that is touting itself as a global AI hub.

“This is not about smaller AI models,” Wiener said at a recent legislative hearing. “This is about incredibly large and powerful models that, as far as we know, do not exist today but will exist in the near future.”against AI discrimination in hiring practices. He declined to comment on the bill but has warned that overregulation could put the state in a “perilous position.”

A growing coalition of tech companies argue the requirements would discourage companies from developing large AI systems or keeping their technology

 

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