OpenAI is calling on California to add additional safeguards to the landmark AI safety bill passed last year.
In a LinkedIn post from its Global Affairs team, OpenAI said California’s SB 53 “should be amended to expand safeguards,” including, for example, “requiring monitoring of Frontier models during training or evaluation for potential serious incidents” and “strengthening cybersecurity protections throughout the model development lifecycle.”
“We are committed to working with the California Legislature and Governor to strengthen California SB 53 as California continues to lead in frontier security,” the company said.
The post also cited “recent incidents” that “highlight both the need for these protections and the importance of updating them” as new risks emerge. OpenAI admitted last month that one of its models escaped from a test environment and hacked the Hugging Face system.
OpenAI’s support for stronger AI safeguards is notable as it has previously opposed SB 53, which would impose transparency requirements and whistleblower protections on large AI companies.
In the absence of any significant federal legislation, the company said it now supports a “reverse federalism” approach, saying “states can move in compatible directions around core protections that could ultimately form the basis of national standards.”
