Jerry McNerney on Mandate third-party audits for major AI…

Jerry McNerney

California state senator

AI has tremendous potential to improve our lives, but without sufficient guardrails, it also poses significant risks. Under SB 813, California will become the first state to create voluntary standards for the responsible development of AI. I’m also proud to partner with Asm. Bauer-Kahan to create a framework for third-party assessments to verify if AI systems are meeting the new standards.

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AI Verified The press release says California will create standards and a framework for third-party assessments to verify AI systems, which directly supports mandating third-party audits for major AI systems. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified McNerney explicitly supports third-party assessments and verification of AI systems meeting new standards, so the recorded for-answer matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified June 17, 2026 Senate press release quotes McNerney verbatim about SB 813 and third-party assessments; the stored text matches the source wording and attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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