CA’s New AI Safety Law & More

CA Enacts AI Safety Law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an artificial intelligence safety measure (SB 53), exactly one year after vetoing a similar but broader bill (SB 1047 [2024]). The new law is aimed at preventing the most advanced AI systems from posing “catastrophic risk,” such as by helping to create a biological or nuclear weapon. The New York Legislature passed a similar law in June (SB 6953). (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

Two More States Enact Neural Data Privacy Laws

In response to the growing popularity of wearable neurotechnology devices, Connecticut (SB 1295) and Montana (SB 163) have enacted legislation amending their existing privacy laws to include protections for neural data. At least five other states have considered neural data privacy measures this year. California and Colorado enacted first-in-the-nation neural data privacy laws last year. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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