California state Senator Scott Wiener issued new amendments to his AI bill, SB 53, that would require AI companies to publish ...

The legislation includes protections for whistleblowers within AI companies and the creation of a public cloud to provide low-cost access to computing power for startups and academic researchers.

A diverse group of politicians came together to beat back a 10-year moratorium on state and local governments’ right to ...

SB 961 - Requires all new cars starting in 2030 to be equipped with speed-limiting technology to alert drivers when they're going too fast. Gov. Newsom vetoed this Sept. 28.

A long-awaited report says companies are “simply inadequate at fully understanding” risks and harms.

Read TechRepublic’s coverage of California’s AI regulation efforts — from the proposed SB 1047 bill to Governor Newsom’s veto — to understand the evolving legal landscape.

In 2023, California Senator Scott Wiener sponsored a first-of-its-kind bill, SB 1047, which would have required that large-scale AI developers implement rigorous safety testing and mitigation for ...

The crux of Newsom’s problem with SB 1047 was that it simply targeted all large models, regardless of risk profile, instead of focusing on high-risk models of all sizes.