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        California Moves to Regulate AI by Signing 18 New Bills Into Law

   Adam Engst

   At TechCrunch, [1]Maxwell Zeff writes:

     In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom considered 38
     AI-related bills, including the highly contentious[2]SB 1047, which
     the state's legislature sent to his desk for final approval.
     He[3]vetoed SB 1047on Sunday, marking the end of the road for
     California's controversial AI bill that tried to prevent AI
     disasters, but signed more than a dozen other AI bills into law this
     month. These bills try to address the most pressing issues in
     artificial intelligence: everything from Al risk, to deepfake nudes
     created by AI image generators, to Hollywood studios creating AI
     clones of dead performers.

   Although much was made of Newsom vetoing SB 1047, Zeff's roundup of the
   18 AI-related bills he has signed into law gives a better picture of
   the regulations that California has enacted. Given the state's outsize
   influence in the tech industry, we hope the goals behind new state laws
   cracking down on deepfakes will spread to other jurisdictions, along
   with requirements for AI transparency, disclosure, and education.

   [4]Read original article

References

   1. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/here-is-whats-illegal-under-californias-18-and-counting-new-ai-laws/
   2. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/02/governor-newsom-must-weigh-the-future-of-californias-ai-industry-with-sb-1047/
   3. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/gov-new/
   4. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/here-is-whats-illegal-under-californias-18-and-counting-new-ai-laws/

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