A newly introduced bill in the California State Senate, SB 1047, poses a significant threat to the state’s thriving artificial intelligence industry. The bill, deceptively titled the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act,” would impose onerous restrictions and oversight on companies developing cutting-edge AI models, stifling innovation and concentrating power in the hands of tech giants. The bill’s vague language and lack of focus on consumer harms would give nearly limitless power to a newly created government bureaucracy, forcing startups and researchers to beg for permission to innovate. This would lead to a brain drain, as entrepreneurs and engineers flee to states that don’t criminalize AI invention. The bill is a slap in the face to fundamental American values like free speech and free enterprise, and its passage would be a recipe for stifling innovation and driving away businesses.

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