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In a new letter, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon insists that AI regulations should be left to the federal government. As reported previously by Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>, Kwon says that a new AI safety bill under consideration in California could slow progress and cause companies to leave the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A federally-driven set of AI policies, rather than a patchwork of state laws, will foster innovation and position the U.S. to lead the development of global standards. As a result, we join other AI labs, developers, experts and members of California\u2019s Congressional delegation in respectfully opposing SB 1047 and welcome the opportunity to outline some of our key concerns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The letter is addressed to California State Senator Scott Wiener, who originally introduced<\/a> SB 1047<\/a>, also known as the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to proponents like Wiener, it\u00a0establishes standards ahead of the development of more powerful AI models, requires precautions like pre-deployment safety testing and other safeguards, adds whistleblower protections for employees of AI labs, gives California\u2019s Attorney General power to take legal action if AI models cause harm, and calls for establishing a \u201cpublic cloud computer cluster\u201d called CalCompute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n