California AI Policy Report Warns of ‘Irreversible Harms’ 

While AI could offer transformative benefits, without proper safeguards it could facilitate nuclear and biological threats and cause “potentially irreversible harms,” a new report commissioned by California Governor Gavin Newsom has warned.

“The opportunity to establish effective AI governance frameworks may not remain open indefinitely,” says the report, which was published on June 17. Citing new evidence that AI can help users source nuclear-grade uranium and is on the cusp of letting novices create biological threats...