California Legislation Seeks Creation Of Entity Overseeing AI Developers

(July 18, 2024, 8:53 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Legislation winding its way through the California Legislature would require developers training artificial intelligences be able to fully shut down the program, enact separate safety and security measures and prohibit the release of AI models posing an unreasonable risk of critical harm.  The California Assembly’s Committee on Judiciary passed the measure on a 9-1 vote....