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Source IDW_th6_1JIj
Source URLsd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-landmark-ai-bill-passes-assembly
ParentSafe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
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CreatedMar 21, 2026, 1:11 PM
UpdatedMar 29, 2026, 10:41 PM
SyncedMar 29, 2026, 10:41 PM

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idW_th6_1JIj
policyEntityIdSafe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act(policy)
stakeholderEntityIdDan Hendrycks(person)
stakeholderDisplayNameDan Hendrycks
positionsupport
importancehigh
reasonCAIS 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 adv…
sourcesd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-landmark-ai-bill-passes-assembly
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  "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)"
]

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confirmed80% confidence

Last checked: 3/25/2026

Position confirmed via manually curated source URL: https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-landmark-ai-bill-passes-assembly

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