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Paul Lekas

SIIA public policy executive

These will require companies to publish detailed information and reports that could expose trade secrets and other sensitive information.

AI Verified source (Sep 4, 2025)

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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AI Verified The quote is relevant. In the source, “These” refers to SB 53’s disclosure and reporting mandates, and the article frames the quote as a reason SIIA opposes the bill. The bill requires large frontier developers to publish transparency reports, including summaries and results of catastrophic-risk assessments, before or concurrently with deploying frontier models, so this quote strongly signals a determinable stance on requiring publication of pre-deployment safety evaluations. ([siia.net](https://www.siia.net/policies/siia-statement-opposing-california-sb-53/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Against: the source is an SIIA statement explicitly opposing California SB 53, and the quote criticizes the bill’s “disclosure and reporting mandates” for requiring companies to publish detailed reports that could expose trade secrets. That strongly implies opposition to requiring labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models. ([siia.net](https://www.siia.net/policies/siia-statement-opposing-california-sb-53/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified: the fetchable SIIA source URL contains the exact sentence "These will require companies to publish detailed information and reports that could expose trade secrets and other sensitive information." The same page attributes the statement to Paul Lekas, and SIIA search metadata for this post lists it as dated September 4, 2025 and by Paul Lekas. ([siia.net](https://www.siia.net/policies/siia-statement-opposing-california-sb-53/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems

You’ll see industry oppose outside auditors and the main reason is they would mandate something that can’t be done [today] in a robust and uniform manner.

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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.

NIST is uniquely positioned to develop the guidance and benchmarks necessary for AI development, utilizing specialized expertise to assess national security risks. While NIST’s influence internationally is unmatched, it currently lacks the resourcing...

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