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Anthropic CEO Backs New California AI Legislation, with Some Reservations - Pure AI (August 23, 2024)
webRelevant to discussions of AI governance and how frontier AI labs engage with proposed safety legislation; Anthropic's qualified endorsement of SB 1047 represents a notable industry stance ahead of the California governor's decision on the bill.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced conditional support for California's SB 1047 ('Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act'), stating that amendments Anthropic helped influence made the bill's benefits likely outweigh its costs. However, Amodei noted remaining concerns and ambiguities in the legislation, reflecting the complex position major AI labs face when engaging with frontier AI regulation.
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- •Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote to Governor Newsom on Aug. 21, 2024 expressing qualified support for the amended SB 1047.
- •Anthropic helped influence revisions to the bill before lending its support, signaling active industry engagement in shaping AI legislation.
- •Amodei stated benefits 'likely outweigh costs' but acknowledged remaining concerns and ambiguities in the bill's language.
- •SB 1047, authored by State Senator Scott Wiener, mandates safety testing for advanced frontier AI models in California.
- •Anthropic's position contrasts with other industry actors who opposed SB 1047, illustrating divisions within the AI industry on regulation.
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Anthropic CEO Backs New California AI Legislation, with Some Reservations
By John K. Waters
08/23/2024
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Anthropic announced that it is lending its support to an amended version of California's Senate Bill 1047 ( SB 1047 ), the "Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act," because of revisions to the bill the company helped to influence, but not without some reservations.
"In our assessment the new SB 1047 is substantially improved to the point where we believe its benefits likely outweigh its costs," Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Aug. 21. "However, we are not certain of this, and there are still some aspects of the bill which seem concerning or ambiguous to us."
California's proposed bill on AI regulation, SB 1047, advanced by State Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat, mandates safety testing for many of the most advanced AI models that cost more than $100 million to develop or those that require a defined amount of computing power. If the bill passes, developers of AI software operating in the state will need to outline methods for turning off the AI models if they go awry, effectively implementing a kill switch. The bill would also give the state attorney general the power to sue if devel
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