Index
Stakeholder: Dan Hendrycks (unknown)
Verdictconfirmed95%
1 check · 4/16/2026The source text explicitly identifies Dan Hendrycks as Executive Director of CAIS (Center for AI Safety). The record claims he is a stakeholder with unknown affiliation, which is confirmed by the source. The source provides his title and organizational affiliation, confirming his role in the policy discussion around SB 1047.
Our claim
entire record- Stakeholder
- Dan Hendrycks
- Stakeholder
- Dan Hendrycks
- Position
- support
- Importance
- high
- Reason
CAIS director who helped draft the original bill; called its passage 'a landmark moment for AI safety'; organized AI safety research community support and stated the bill was 'in the long-term interest of industry' because 'a major safety incident would likely be the biggest road… expand
CAIS director who helped draft the original bill; called its passage 'a landmark moment for AI safety'; organized AI safety research community support and stated the bill was 'in the long-term interest of industry' because 'a major safety incident would likely be the biggest roadblock to further advancement'- Context
- Director of Center for AI Safety (also supports),CAIS funded by Open Philanthropy (~$15M),Lead author of the Statement on AI Risk (2023) signed by Hinton, Bengio, and others,Advisor to xAI (Elon Musk's company; Musk also supports)
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkconfirmed95%Haiku 4.5 · 4/16/2026
NoteThe source text explicitly identifies Dan Hendrycks as Executive Director of CAIS (Center for AI Safety). The record claims he is a stakeholder with unknown affiliation, which is confirmed by the source. The source provides his title and organizational affiliation, confirming his role in the policy discussion around SB 1047.
Case № hJXxiX05XUFiled 4/16/2026Confidence 95%