In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom considered 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legis

Here is what’s illegal under California’s 18 (and counting) new AI laws

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2024-09-30 01:30:02

In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom considered 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. He vetoed SB 1047 on 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.

“Home to the majority of the world’s leading AI companies, California is working to harness these transformative technologies to help address pressing challenges while studying the risks they present,” said Governor Newsom’s office in a press release.

So far, Governor Newsom has signed 18 AI bills into law, some of which are America’s most far reaching laws on generative AI yet. Here’s what they do.