Melissa Shusterman on AI labs should conduct risk assessments…

Melissa Shusterman

Pennsylvania state representative for the 157th District; primary sponsor of Pennsylvania House Bill 2800, the Artificial Intelligence Risk Prevention Act.

Each large frontier developer shall begin to develop a frontier AI framework to govern how the large frontier developer will: [...] Establish thresholds to assess whether a frontier model has capabilities that could pose a catastrophic risk [...] Apply a mitigation to address the potential for catastrophic risks based on the results of an assessment [...] Review an assessment and the adequacy of a mitigation as part of the decision to deploy or extensively and internally use a frontier model.

AI Verified (Sep 22, 2026)

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Melissa Shusterman, primary sponsor of Pennsylvania House Bill 2800, Artificial Intelligence Risk Prevention Act, introduced September 22, 2026, § 501(a)(2)–(4).

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AI labs should conduct risk assessments before high-stakes internal deployment of frontier models

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AI Verified HB 2800 requires large frontier developers to assess catastrophic-risk thresholds, apply mitigations, and review assessments before deployment or extensive internal use. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The bill’s required risk assessment and mitigation review before deployment/internal use supports the recorded for vote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Pennsylvania HB 2800 (PN 3904), introduced September 22 with Shusterman as prime sponsor, contains the quoted frontier-framework requirements. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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