OpenAI
OpenAI asks California to toughen its AI safety law
🧒 Discovery
OpenAI changed its mind: before, it did not want new rules, and now it is asking for stricter rules for AI itself.
📰 Essential
In a reversal, OpenAI, which once opposed California's SB 53 law, is now asking for it to be strengthened, citing recent incidents. The company wants frontier models monitored from the training stage.
🔬 Expert
In a public post, OpenAI's global affairs team proposes amending SB 53 to require monitoring of frontier models during training and evaluation, and stronger cybersecurity across the development lifecycle. The reversal follows its Astra pause; it could influence similar debates in New York and Brussels.