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Governor of Massachusetts.
At the same time, I also urge the Conference Committee to include a requirement for meaningful independent evaluation of the safety of frontier AI models. When the potential risks are this significant, self-assessment alone is not sufficient. Independent technical review should be an important part of a credible AI safety framework.
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Governor Maura T. Healey, letter to the Massachusetts Legislature’s Conference Committee on the Mass Wins Act, “AI Safety & Transparency within the Mass Wins Act (§164 of S.3228),” September 17, 2026, pp. 2–3.
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