SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Generative Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act was signed into law Sunday and is meant to construct on nationwide and state directives addressing the usage of the expertise.
The invoice, also called Senate Bill 896, units pointers for synthetic intelligence-based decision-making, requires state businesses to tell customers when they’re interacting with a synthetic intelligence (AI) whereas additionally asking state businesses to search out alternatives the place generative synthetic intelligence can enhance the effectivity of state businesses.
“In the present day we take a giant step towards figuring out potential issues with generative AI and creating applicable pointers to guard our state and the general public as we benefit from this transformative expertise,” mentioned State Senator Dodd who authored the invoice. “As a result of we all know AI has super potential to enhance our lives and the functioning of presidency. However we additionally understand it presents dangers, particularly the risk to shopper privateness, transparency and equity. This new law will assist us tackle many of those issues.”
Senate Invoice 896 was accepted unanimously within the Meeting and Senate earlier than being signed into law shared State Senator Dodd’s Workplace in a press launch in regards to the invoice’s passage Monday.
“SB 896 codifies a number of essential facets of this EO [Executive Order], together with route to CalOES [Governor’s Office of Emergency Services] to carry out danger analyses on potential threats posed by way of GenAI [Generative Artificial Intelligence] to California’s crucial infrastructure,” wrote Governor Newsom in a signing assertion on the invoice. “Beneath this route, CalOES has been working with frontier mannequin corporations to investigate vitality infrastructure dangers and convened energy sector suppliers to share threats and safety methods. Constructing on this work, and in signing this invoice, I’m additional directing CalOES to undertake the identical danger evaluation with water infrastructure suppliers within the coming 12 months, and the communications sector shortly thereafter.”
This laws builds on the 2023 White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, California’s ongoing generative artificial intelligence reports, and is a follow-up to State Senator Invoice Dodd’s Senate Concurrent Resolution 17 which was the primary AI-drafted state decision in historical past.