Newsom vetoes controversial AI regulation bill

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed what would have been the most ambitious artificial intelligence regulatory bill in the nation.

A day before the deadline to take action or allow the bill to become law, Newsom rejected SB 1047, the Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, citing burdens it would place on AI companies and criticism that the bill’s scope was too broad.

“While well-intentioned, SB 1047 does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments...