California AI bill divides Silicon Valley, draws in national policymakers

A California bill seeking to create new safety rules for artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up a divide in Silicon Valley, drawing top lawmakers into the debate in a rare foray by national policymakers into Golden State politics. 

California Senate Bill 1047, known as the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, would require powerful AI models to perform safety testing before they could be released to the public and would hold developers liable for severe harms caused by their models.