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Government of California

Executive government of the State of California, publishing official AI policy and procurement standards.

Signing Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, in 2025, requiring the largest frontier AI developers to publicly disclose their safety frameworks, report certain critical safety incidents to the state, and protect whistleblowers who call out serious risks.

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Government of California, “Governor Newsom announces new AI cyber defense program to protect California’s critical infrastructure,” August 10, 2026.

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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers

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AI Verified The quote is directly about protecting whistleblowers in the AI-risk context. By describing the signing of SB 53, which requires developers to protect whistleblowers who call out serious risks, it supplies enough signal that the source’s stance on granting whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers is determinable and likely supportive. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for; California’s official description says SB 53 requires safety frameworks, critical-incident reporting, and whistleblower protection; directly supports this protection. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

AI Verified The passage says Newsom signed SB 53, which requires frontier AI developers to “protect whistleblowers who call out serious risks,” so it clearly supports whistleblower protections; that is the relevant stance toward AI safety researchers in this context. ([gov.ca.gov](https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/08/10/governor-newsom-announces-new-ai-cyber-defense-program-to-protect-californias-critical-infrastructure/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified The official Gov. of California press release dated Aug. 10, 2026 contains the exact sentence in its Recent and prior steps include section, matching the quoted text verbatim and supporting the attribution to the Governor of California site. ([gov.ca.gov](https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/08/10/governor-newsom-announces-new-ai-cyber-defense-program-to-protect-californias-critical-infrastructure/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1mo ago

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