SB-1047 Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act

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SB 1047 was vetoed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2024 despite passing the legislature; it remains highly influential as a template and reference point for ongoing AI governance efforts at state and federal levels.

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SB 1047 is California's 2024 landmark legislation requiring frontier AI model developers to implement safety protocols, maintain shutdown capabilities, and produce detailed safety documentation before training covered models. It establishes oversight through the California Department of Technology and creates liability frameworks for developers whose models cause specified harms. Though ultimately vetoed by Governor Newsom, it represents one of the most significant state-level AI regulatory efforts and shaped subsequent AI governance debates.

Key Points

•Requires developers of covered frontier AI models to implement safety and security protocols prior to training, including the ability to promptly shut down models.
•Establishes liability frameworks holding developers accountable for harms caused by their frontier AI models, creating legal accountability mechanisms.
•Creates oversight infrastructure via the California Department of Technology to monitor compliance with safety requirements.
•Applies primarily to large-scale AI models above specified compute thresholds, targeting the most capable frontier systems.
•Sparked major national debate about state-level AI regulation, with critics arguing it could stifle innovation and proponents citing catastrophic risk prevention.

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Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act	Policy	66.0
Failed and Stalled AI Proposals	Analysis	63.0
AI Proliferation	Risk	60.0

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 Date Published: 09/03/2024 09:00 PM
 
 
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 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION 
 Senate Bill
 No. 1047 Introduced by Senator Wiener
(Coauthors: Senators Roth, Rubio, and Stern)
 
February 07, 2024 An act to add Chapter 22.6 (commencing with Section 22602) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, and to add Sections 11547.6 and 11547.6.1 to the Government Code, relating to artificial intelligence. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

 
 SB 1047, Wiener.
 Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act. Existing law requires the Secretary of Government Operations to develop a coordinated plan to, among other things, investigate the feasibility of, and obstacles to, developing standards and technologies for state departments to determine digital content provenance. For the purpose of informing that coordinated plan, existing law requires the secretary to evaluate, among other things, the impact of the proliferation of deepfakes, 

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