policy-stakeholder
Dan Hendrycks on Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
Child of Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
Metadata
| Source Table | policy_stakeholders |
| Source ID | hJXxiX05XU |
| Source URL | sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-landmark-ai-bill-passes-assembly |
| Parent | Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 29, 2026, 10:42 PM |
| Updated | Apr 18, 2026, 10:33 AM |
| Synced | Apr 18, 2026, 10:33 AM |
Record Data
id | hJXxiX05XU |
policyEntityId | Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act(policy) |
stakeholderEntityId | Dan Hendrycks(person) |
stakeholderDisplayName | 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 roadblock to further adv… |
source | sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-landmark-ai-bill-passes-assembly |
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 Check Verdicts
confirmed95% confidence
Last checked: 4/16/2026
The 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.
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