OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety requirements

The company, described in the article as the ChatGPT maker, added that until the U.S. Congress acts, it will continue supporting state AI legislation.

The four bills are identified in the report by number and subject. SB 813 concerns infrastructure for independent safety assessments. AB 1405 concerns standards for AI auditors. SB 1119 concerns protections for young people. AB 1864 concerns safeguards against AI-enabled biological threats. Together the four measures address safety-assessment infrastructure, auditor standards, youth protections and biological-threat safeguards — four separate areas rather than one. The article states that OpenAI announced support for each of the four and does not quote company officials or describe the specific provisions, penalties or obligations the bills would create.

The report places OpenAI's push for mandatory national requirements alongside its stated continued support for state legislation, with Congress identified as the body that has not yet acted. California is the state named in connection with the four bills. The excerpt names no federal bill, no member of Congress and no date by which the company expects federal action. It does not state whether any of the four California bills have passed or advanced.