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CEO of the Secure AI Project; advocate for AI safety policy and evaluation standards.
Governor Pritzker and the Illinois legislature are courageously supporting stronger safeguards to oversee powerful AI. Illinois is the first state to mandate independent third-party evaluations of AI safety practices, making its AI law the strongest in the country.
AI Verified (Jul 6, 2026)
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Gov. Pritzker Signs Nation-Leading Artificial Intelligence Safety Law
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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models
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AI Verified Direct support for Illinois requiring independent AI safety evaluations before deployment. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Source page quotes Beckstead verbatim on Illinois mandating independent third-party AI safety evaluations and having the strongest AI law in the country. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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