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SB 1047, the proposed AI bill that hurts startups, open source developers, and academia, moved closer to becoming law this week with a committee approval in the CA Legislature. Many in the CA Assembly think the bill's problems have been "fixed," but this is far from reality: This is not just a minor state bill; it's a significant overreach that would determine the future of AI for the country, while ignoring repeated feedback and concerns from Little Tech about the bill's unintended consequences https://lnkd.in/gtUSQ-vt The amendments made before this week's committee hearing do not address the most fundamental problem with the bill - restricting AI research instead of regulating misuses of models. Even more troubling, the latest amendments make the bill worse. https://lnkd.in/gpPPGc3C With the August vote deadline looming, it's more important than ever for Little Tech—startups, researchers, and the open-source AI community at large—to voice concerns about SB 1047. In the next few days, we will be amplifying the voices that Scott Wiener's team has ignored. If you'd like to speak up against the bill, please sign up here. We will reach out to you for your help https://lnkd.in/gMtv2G4t
Looking forward to seeing how this plays out. Critical.
Thanks for the thoughtful Q&A Anjney! I heard Andrew Ng blast about this bill and digged into it after understanding it through your analogies. The overhanging fear of reprisals as a byproduct of this bill naturally stymies innovation, collaboration and California-USA’s leadership and competitiveness by definition.
Hi Anjney - If you're interested, Senator Scott Wiener - the author of SB 1047 - will be speaking at the AI Quality Conference in San Francisco next Tuesday (June 25). He will also be responding to questions from the audience. If you would like to attend, we would be thrilled to welcome you - and if you have questions you would like the the senator to address, please let me know. Please feel free to reach me at chris@nexioscomms.com. Thank you!