California Senate Bill 294

October 14, 2023

United StatesU.S. States & Territories

Summary

California State Sen. Scott Wiener (D) has outlined the need to implement a safety framework around “frontier” AI models by enacting Senate Bill 294, which would establish a framework that requires companies to submit potential risks and safeguards to public safety for their AI operations. Notably, Sen. Wiener’s outline does not propose a definition of “frontier” models, a term that generally refers to the next generation of AI models. Industry groups, such as the Frontier Model Forum, have defined frontier models as, e.g., “large-scale machine-learning models that exceed the capabilities currently present in the most advanced existing models, and can perform a wide variety of tasks.”

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