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Published by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), this newsletter issue covers the high-profile veto of California SB 1047 in late 2024, a pivotal moment in US AI governance debates relevant to anyone tracking AI safety policy developments.

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This edition of the CAIS AI Safety Newsletter covers California Governor Gavin Newsom's veto of SB 1047, a landmark AI safety bill that would have imposed safety requirements on large AI models. The newsletter likely analyzes the implications of the veto for AI governance and the broader AI safety policy landscape.

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•Governor Newsom vetoed California's SB 1047, a significant AI safety bill targeting frontier AI model developers
•The veto represents a major setback for state-level AI safety regulation in the US
•SB 1047 would have required safety testing and kill-switch capabilities for large AI models above a compute threshold
•The decision has broader implications for the trajectory of AI governance at state and federal levels
•The newsletter contextualizes the veto within ongoing debates between AI safety advocates and industry opponents

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# AI Safety Newsletter \#42: Newsom Vetoes SB 1047

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# Newsom Vetoes SB 1047

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