California AI Regulation Bill Vetoed: Newsom Says 'Good Intentions but Poor Methodology'
Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the highly anticipated SB1047 bill, which aimed to regulate the development of large AI models. This decision has sparked extensive debate in the tech and political arenas. SB1047, proposed by State Senator Scott Wiener, required companies developing AI models with a cost of at least $100 million and utilizing 10^26 FLOPS of computational power to implement safety protocols. The bill was passed by the California legislature but faced backlash from figures including OpenAI and Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun.