This is an amazing and awe-inspiring moment!
It also raises concerns, naturally.
Now would be a great time for the federal government to release a new policy framework for the firms that produce synthetic nucleic acids!
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This is an amazing and awe-inspiring moment!
It also raises concerns, naturally.
Now would be a great time for the federal government to release a new policy framework for the firms that produce synthetic nucleic acids!
🤞 https://t.co/TViWUY2S13
SB 53 is a very reasonable bill for formalizing safety framework transparency, catastrophic risk assessments, and basic incident reporting and whistleblower protections.
I hope it gets signed to help anchor a future federal framework.
SB 53 is a very reasonable bill for formalizing safety framework transparency, catastrophic risk assessments, and basic incident reporting and whistleblower protections.
I hope it gets signed to help anchor a future federal framework.
OpenAI once said its nonprofit would be entitled to "the vast majority" and "all but a fraction" of the wealth it generates.
Now, in their new restructuring, they are saying it will be entitled to only 20%. (~$100b out of a $500b valuation).
From "Nearly all" to "one fifth" 🙄
And there it is! #SB79, Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill to legalize multifamily housing near major public transit stops across California, just passed the state assembly!
We are one vote away from the most significant shift in land-use policy California has ever seen!
SB 79, our transit oriented development bill, will be coming up for a vote in the legislature sometime in the next 72 hours. Calling your state legislator and asking them to support the bill makes a real difference and WILL help it pass. Use our simple tool to find their info:
SB 79, our transit oriented development bill, will be coming up for a vote in the legislature sometime in the next 72 hours. Calling your state legislator and asking them to support the bill makes a real difference and WILL help it pass. Use our simple tool to find their info:
it is rare that a state law introduces a genuinely novel legal mechanism, but the latest version of California's frontier AI safety bill, SB 53, does just that.
the screen cap below outlines a mechanism whereby the state government can designate a federal law, regulation, or…
Last week the California AG brought the hammer down on OpenAI in this remarkable letter.
WSJ now reports that OpenAI is contemplating a 'last-ditch effort to leave California'.
But this plainly won't help.
The AG could get a court to block it. And in any case assets held for…
This was a fun conversation; thanks for having me on!
Spotify link if you want to hear me talk about flavors of AI safety & where the industry can do better: open.spotify.com/episode/5TjriX…
This was a fun conversation; thanks for having me on!
Spotify link if you want to hear me talk about flavors of AI safety & where the industry can do better: open.spotify.com/episode/5TjriX…
Important point from @michaelhpage on one of many reasons why OAIs threat to leave CA to evade AG jurisdiction on their conversion is completely unserious and silly
Important point from @michaelhpage on one of many reasons why OAIs threat to leave CA to evade AG jurisdiction on their conversion is completely unserious and silly
Anthropic is endorsing California State Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 53. This bill provides a strong foundation to govern powerful AI systems built by frontier AI companies like ours, and does so via transparency rather than technical micromanagement.
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