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ICMYI: California's Governor Newsom may have vetoed the controversial SB 1047, but the state continues to lead the way on targeted interventions to prevent AI-related crime and harms. Here's a rundown by TechCrunch on new obligations facing AI builders in CA:

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Hey folks—I’m back! It’s been (several) years since I’ve posted regularly on LinkedIn. There’s been…So much happening in my world, our world, in tech in business, in law & policy etc.. Recently, I’ve reflecting on how fortunate I’ve been to have spent time in a number of industries (B2B, Consumer, Government, Consulting, Entertainment) and in a variety of roles (Student, IC SWE, IC Data Scientist, DS Manager, AI/ML Executive). The through line in all of them was striving to make tech a bit more useful for everyone, while keeping it safe and reliable. That’s why I’m so excited to share my latest milestone, a project that I’ve been working on for the last couple years at Vera AI! We’re finally GA on our GenAI guardrails and model routing platform, and you can try it out for yourself—now. Our company's mission is centered on ensuring that safe, reliable and yes ---responsible-- AI can still be powerful, exciting and most importantly, useful. Check out our approach in this article by Michael Nuñez at VentureBeat! Like I said in the article—we aim “….to set the bar for where your [AI] system will respond and where it will not respond…what it will do, without having to rely upon [a decision] some other companies [have] made..” Finally, I just want to say thanks to my partner Sunya Norman for all of the ideas and patience 🙂, to the awesome Vera eng team (RJ Lucas, Andrew Savitski and Allan Serna), to our stellar investment team: Differential Ventures, betaworks, Everywhere Ventures, Essence Venture Capital, SaaS Venture Partners and Ride Home Fund and to my co-founder Liz for everything that you do. Can’t want to share what’s up next—Onward!

This week I had the pleasure of speaking on AI and Security at David Yakobovitch and Christina Ellwood’s AI Realized Summit in SF. It was inspiring to meet so many smart, experienced practitioners working at the forefront of deploying Generative AI! To everyone I connected with: I look forward to following all of your progress!

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🚨 Announcing General Availability of Vera AI! 🚨 We are so thrilled to announce the GA of Vera's guardrails and model routing platform today. Tons of hard work and dedication went into building this moment, and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you today. We're offering 30 day free trials to anyone who wants to join us on our mission to accelerate AI adoption by conquering its risks, and you can get started with the promo code FRIENDS30 on our 🌟 new website 🌟 today!

Some big news from the Vera team today: it's official!

Just like the internet, Generative AI is "not a fad", and ignoring its popularity can create new security risks. When "22% of employees admit to knowingly violating company rules on the use of generative AI", it may be time to find a way to let your teams use these tools safely.

Chatbots can be a good way to improve customer service and get timely information to those in need. But, especially in high risk use cases, rushing to market without sufficient guardrails has consequences…