California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a huge determination to make: whether or not or to not signal the nation’s solely main rules on artificial intelligence.
State lawmakers despatched a invoice to his desk final month that, if handed, would require AI corporations to check their fashions for potential harms to society earlier than releasing them. It will additionally enshrine whistleblower protections for workers of AI corporations.
Highly effective folks have lined up in opposition to the invoice, urging Newsom to veto it, from Rep. Nancy Pelosi to San Francisco Mayor London Breed. On Monday round 120 present and former workers of the largest AI corporations got here out in assist of the brand new rules.
Right here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins speaks with Ina Fried, chief expertise correspondent for Axios.
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