Rebecca Bauer-Kahan on Grant whistleblower protections to AI s…

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

California State Assembly member

On the whistleblower protections. I think this is really important [...]. [...] we want to know before [...]. [...] we can start to mitigate it [...].

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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers

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AI Verified The quote explicitly says whistleblower protections are really important so risks can be known and mitigated earlier, which is directly relevant to granting AI whistleblower protections. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Calling whistleblower protections really important because they surface risks earlier supports the statement that AI safety researchers should receive whistleblower protections. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The Digital Democracy transcript for the July 1, 2025 Assembly Judiciary hearing attributes the remarks to Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and contains the quoted wording with only omitted intervening text: “On the whistleblower protections. I think this is really important ...” followed by “we want to know before ... so we can start to mitigate it ...” at lines 4950–4957. ([calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org](https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/259525)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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