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Yann LeCun on Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act

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Source URLventurebeat.com/ai/ai-safety-showdown-yann-lecun-slams-californias-sb-1047-as-geoffrey-hinton-backs-new-regulations
ParentSafe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
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CreatedMar 21, 2026, 1:30 AM
UpdatedMay 21, 2026, 11:34 PM
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policyEntityIdSafe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act(policy)
stakeholderEntityIdYann LeCun(person)
stakeholderDisplayNameYann LeCun
positionoppose
importancemedium
reasonPublicly rebuked SB 1047 supporters the day after Hinton endorsed the bill; argued it would have 'apocalyptic consequences on the AI ecosystem' and that 'without open-source AI, there is no AI start-up ecosystem and no academic research on large models'
sourceventurebeat.com/ai/ai-safety-showdown-yann-lecun-slams-californias-sb-1047-as-ge…
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  "Chief AI Scientist at Meta AI (also opposes)",
  "Turing Award with Bengio (supporter) and Hinton (supporter) — all three took different positions",
  "Strong advocate for open-source AI; bill's liability provisions threaten open model releases"
]

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Last checked: 4/29/2026

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