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Andrew Gounardes

New York State Senator

Frontier AI models pose major risks to our communities and our economy. This is a literal life-or-death issue. The best way to mitigate those risks is to implement smart guardrails that hold the biggest AI developers to strict safety and transparency standards. If the federal government is going to completely abdicate its responsibility to keep Americans safe, then states like New York will have to step up and do it ourselves.

AI Verified (Sep 30, 2026)

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Official press release: Sen. Gounardes: AI Corporations Can’t Regulate Themselves

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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government

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AI Verified Gounardes says that, if the federal government abdicates safety responsibility, New York and other states must step up with strict AI safety and transparency standards. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Gounardes says states such as New York must step up with AI safety standards. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Sen. Andrew Gounardes’s official Sept. 30 release contains the exact statement under his name. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems

This bill would require large frontier AI developers to annually retain an independent third-party verifier to assess their compliance with their own AI safety frameworks.

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Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority

A frontier developer shall report any critical safety incident pertaining to one or more of its frontier models to the office within seventy-two hours from a determination that a critical safety incident has occurred or within seventy-two hours of th...

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