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The California Report on Frontier AI Policy
governmentThis June 2025 California government report is a significant state-level policy document on frontier AI regulation, directly relevant to debates about how governments should oversee powerful AI systems, and was commissioned by Governor Newsom following the SB 1047 veto controversy.
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A comprehensive policy report from the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models, convened by California Governor Gavin Newsom, authored by leading AI researchers from Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Carnegie Endowment. The report analyzes governance frameworks for frontier AI models and provides policy recommendations for California. It represents a major state-level effort to develop evidence-based AI regulatory frameworks drawing on interdisciplinary expertise.
Key Points
- •Produced by a high-profile working group co-led by Fei-Fei Li, Jennifer Tour Chayes, and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, representing top academic AI safety and policy researchers.
- •Focuses specifically on 'frontier AI' models, addressing the unique governance challenges posed by the most capable and potentially dangerous AI systems.
- •Draws on interdisciplinary expertise spanning computer science, law, economics, and public policy to develop actionable state-level recommendations.
- •Represents California's formal attempt to shape AI governance after high-profile legislative debates including SB 1047, positioning the state as a regulatory leader.
- •Reviewed by prominent AI safety and governance figures including Yoshua Bengio, Arvind Narayanan, Lawrence Lessig, and Gillian Hadfield.
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# THE CALIFORNIA REPORT ON FRONTIER AI POLICY
Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models
# CO-LEADS
Jennifer Tour Chayes, University of California, Berkeley Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Li Fei-Fei, Stanford University
# LEAD WRITERS
Rishi Bommasani, Stanford University Scott R. Singer, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
# SENIOR ADVISORS
Daniel E. Ho, Stanford University
Percy Liang, Stanford University
Dawn Song, University of California, Berkeley
Joseph E. Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan Zittrain, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Harvard University
# WRITING AND EDITING GROUP
Ruth E. Appel, Stanford University
Sarah Cen, Stanford University
A. Feder Cooper, Stanford University
Elena Cryst, Stanford University
Lindsey A. Gailmard, Stanford University
Ian Klaus, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Meredith M. Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Inioluwa Deborah Raji, University of California, Berkeley
Anka Reuel, Stanford University
Drew Spence, Stanford University
Alexander Wan, Stanford University
Angelina Wang, Stanford University
Daniel Zhang, Stanford University
# How to cite
Full Citation: R. Bommasani, S.R. Singer, R.E. Appel, S. Cen, A.F. Cooper, E. Cryst, L.A. Gailmard, I. Klaus, M.M. Lee, I.D. Raji, A. Reuel, D. Spence, A. Wan, A. Wang, D. Zhang, D.E. Ho, P. Liang, D. Song, J.E. Gonzalez, J. Zittrain, J.T. Chayes, M.F. Cuéllar, L. Fei-Fei. “The California Report on Frontier AI Policy.” The Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models. June 17, 2025.
Short Citation: Bommasani and Singer et al., 2025.
In all instances, organizations are provided for identification purposes only. The Co-Leads were aided in the production of this report by scholars from their institutions acting in their own, independent capacity. This effort represents scholarly work from each contributor and does not represent the positions of their institutions. Contributions from the Writing and Editing Group varied and included initial drafting, editorial review, and feedback analysis.
# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Working Group Co-Leads are honored to engage with California Governor Gavin Newsom and colleagues on this report. The Co-Leads gratefully acknowledge individuals who provided early feedback on this report, including researchers from a range of disciplines spanning computer science, economics, engineering, information, law, and public policy.
# Reviewers on Draft Report (March 18, 2025)
Markus Anderjlung, Center for Governance of AI
Yoshua Bengio, Mila – Quebec AI Institute
Miles Brundage
Molly Cinnamon, Harvard Law School
Jason Elliott
David Engstrom, Stanford Law School
Mark Geistfeld, New York University School of Law
Susan L. Graham, UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences / UC Berkeley College
of Computing, Data Science, & Society
Gillian Hadfield, Johns Hopkins University Comp
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