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Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047) — a landmark bill that would have implemented crucial guardrails around AI development, including requiring pre-deployment safety testing and third-party auditing. The bill passed the State Legislature with broad bipartisan support but was opposed by Big Tech companies including Meta, OpenAI, and Google. Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill released the following statement:
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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems
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AI Verified Verified relevant. Accountable Tech describes SB 1047 as a landmark AI-safety bill that would have required third-party auditing, indicating support for mandatory independent audits on major AI systems. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 13d ago
AI Unverifiable The excerpt is only background about SB 1047 and notes it included third-party auditing; it does not include Nicole Gill’s actual statement or any explicit stance from her. Her position on mandating third-party audits for major AI systems cannot be determined from this quote alone. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1mo ago
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AI Verified Verified for. The organization characterizes a bill with third-party auditing as a crucial guardrail, supporting the requirement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 13d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The exact quoted text appears verbatim on Accountable Tech’s statement page dated 2024: line 39 contains the full first paragraph, and line 40 reads, "Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill released the following statement:" This shows the quoted passage is real, appears at the cited URL, and is attributable to Accountable Tech as the organization’s introductory text. ([accountabletech.org](https://accountabletech.org/statements/accountable-tech-statement-on-gov-newsoms-veto-of-californias-landmark-ai-safety-bill/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1mo ago
AI Verified Verified. accountabletech.org returned 403 to WebFetch but web search results confirm: (1) the statement exists at the stated URL with the exact opening text quoted ("Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed... SB 1047... including requiring pre-deployment safety testing and third-party auditing"); (2) attribution to Nicole Gill, Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director, is confirmed by search results; (3) the veto occurred September 29-30, 2024 (year matches); (4) Accountable Tech actively campaigned for SB 1047. Vote "for" on "Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems" perfectly aligns with the statement decrying the loss of SB 1047's third-party audit requirement. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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