Nancy Pelosi issued a statement Friday regarding SB 1047, a California bill aimed at regulating AI in the state.“The view of many of us in Congress is that SB 1047 is well-intentioned but ill informed. Zoe Lofgren, the top Democrat on the Committee of jurisdiction, Science, Space and Technology, has expressed serious concerns to the lead author, Senator Scott Wiener, the statement reads. “Prominent California leaders have spoken out, including Representatives Anna Eshoo and Ro Khanna who have joined other House Members in a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom opposing the bill. While we want California to lead in AI in a way that protects consumers, data, intellectual property and more, SB 1047 is more harmful than helpful in that pursuit.California is currently home to 35 of the top AI companies in the world. Pelosi says that she has consulted with a number of experts on AI who thinking the the bill would stifle innovation in the state.“I refer interested parties to Stanford scholar Fei-Fei Li, viewed as California’s top AI academic and researcher and one of the top AI thinkers globally. Widely credited with being the “Godmother of AI,” she warned that California’s Artificial Intelligence bill, SB 1047, would have significant unintended consequences that would stifle innovation and will harm the U.S. AI ecosystem. She has, in various conversations with President Biden, advocated a “moonshot mentality” to spur our continuing AI education, research and partnership,” she says.Representative Scott Weiner, the author of the bill, put out his own statement an said “”SB 1047 is a straight-forward, common-sense, light-touch bill that builds on President Biden’s executive order and that has garnered broad support among Democrats in the California Legislature and overwhelming support among voters, according to several polls. Tech workers support the bill at even higher rates than the general public.” Weiner claims that bill only requires the largest AI. Developers “ to do what each and every one of them has repeatedly committed to do: Perform basic safety testing on massively powerful AI models. I’ll repeat myself: Each and every one of the large AI labs has promised to perform the tests that SB 1047 requires them to do — the same safety tests that some are now claiming would somehow harm innovation.”
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SB 1047 can be voted on as early as August 20 and needs to pass by the end of the month in order to advance to Governor Newsom for signature.
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