Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi issued a statement late yesterday laying out her opposition to SB 1047, a California invoice that seeks to manage AI.
“The view of many people in Congress is that SB 1047 is well-intentioned however ill-informed,” Pelosi stated. She famous that different congresspeople from the Bay Space — Zoe Lofgren, Anna Eshoo, and Ro Khanna — have expressed considerations in regards to the invoice, which she described as “extra dangerous than useful.”
The invoice was not too long ago amended to address concerns from critics, together with AI firm Anthropic, and is at present headed to California’s Meeting for a vote. Since it is a state invoice, Pelosi and others in Congress don’t have any official say — although Pelosi’s seniority and profile are possible to present her opinion weight with California politicians.
“AI springs from California,” she stated. “We will need to have laws that may be a mannequin for the nation and the world. We now have the chance and accountability to allow small entrepreneurs and academia – not massive tech – to dominate.”
State Senator Scott Wiener, who sponsored the invoice, issued his own statement in response, saying that whereas he has “monumental respect” for Pelosi, “I respectfully and strongly disagree together with her assertion.”
“The invoice requires solely the most important AI builders to do what every one in every of them has repeatedly dedicated to do: Carry out fundamental security testing on massively highly effective AI fashions,” Wiener added.
