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Sen. Wiener advances AI safety transparency bill, including Cal Compute and whistleblower protections
Summary
Sen. Scott Wiener asked the Assembly Consumer Protection and Privacy Committee to advance SB 53, a transparency-focused AI safety bill that would require large AI developers to disclose safety protocols, report critical incidents to authorities within 24 hours, and create a state-run compute consortium called Cal Compute.
Sen. Scott Wiener (D) asked the Assembly Consumer Protection and Privacy Committee to pass SB 53 as amended, a bill that would require large AI developers to publish summaries of safety and security protocols, report “critical safety incidents,” and create a publicly owned compute consortium called Cal Compute.
Wiener said SB 53 is built on last year’s SB 1047 and the governor’s working-group recommendations. He described the bill as a transparency measure rather than a liability regime: developers meeting the size threshold would publicize their safety practices (with redactions allowed for trade secrets). The bill would require 24-hour notification of authorities for “critical safety incidents” and a…
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