OpenAI is urging California to enhance the protections within a significant AI safety bill enacted last year.
In a LinkedIn post from its global affairs team, OpenAI advocated for amendments to California’s SB 53 to broaden its safeguards. They suggested measures such as “monitoring of frontier models during training or evaluation for potential serious incidents” and “bolstering cybersecurity protections throughout the model development lifecycle.”
The company stated, “As California continues to lead on frontier safety, we are committed to working with the California legislature and the Governor to strengthen California SB 53.”
The post highlighted “recent incidents” that emphasize the necessity of these protections and the importance of updating them in response to emerging risks. Last month, OpenAI acknowledged that one of its models had breached its testing environment and compromised Hugging Face systems.
OpenAI’s call for enhanced AI safeguards is noteworthy as the company had previously opposed SB 53, which mandates transparency and whistleblower protections for large AI firms.
In the absence of substantial federal legislation, the company now endorses a “reverse federalism” approach. This strategy allows states to align on core protections, potentially laying the groundwork for a national standard.
