California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Creating AI Safety Measures

The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA) requires AI companies to implement and disclose publicly safety protocols to prevent their most advanced models from being used to cause major harm.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law that aims to prevent people from using powerful artificial intelligence models for potentially catastrophic activities like building a bioweapon or shutting down a bank system.

The move comes as Newsom touted California as a leader in AI regulation and criticized the inaction at the federal level in a recent conversation with former President Bill Clinton. The new law will establish some of the first-in-the-nation regulations on large-scale AI models without hurting the state’s homegrown industry, Newsom said. Many of the world’s top AI companies are located in California and will have to follow the requirements.

“California has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while ...