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Andrew Gounardes

New York state senator

It requires companies [...] to create and share [...] protocols before they deploy these models publicly. [...] And then it requires [...] to complete an annual assessment [...].

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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AI Verified The source context shows that “it” refers to New York’s RAISE Act, and the speaker is describing the bill’s core requirements for frontier model developers: they must create and share safety/security protocols before public deployment and complete annual assessments against those plans. That is directly on the same issue as requiring AI labs to publish pre-deployment safety evaluations for frontier models, and it gives a clearly determinable stance on the complete statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The speaker is describing the bill favorably and says it "requires companies ... to create and share safety and security protocols before they deploy these models publicly" and also to "complete an annual assessment." That strongly indicates support for requiring frontier-model labs to disclose/share safety-related evaluations before deployment, even though the quote uses "protocols" and "assessment" rather than the exact phrase "publish safety evaluations." ([transparencycoalition.ai](https://www.transparencycoalition.ai/news/new-yorks-raise-act-authors-give-their-pitch-as-gov-hochul-considers-the-bill)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified. The source page dated July 11, 2025 presents an edited transcript and attributes these lines to “Sen. Andrew Gounardes.” It contains the quoted wording with only permissible omissions: “It requires companies that are developing these frontier models to create and share safety and security protocols before they deploy these models publicly” and “And then it requires frontier model developers to complete an annual assessment against those safety plans.” The stored author, date, and source URL match. ([transparencycoalition.ai](https://www.transparencycoalition.ai/news/new-yorks-raise-act-authors-give-their-pitch-as-gov-hochul-considers-the-bill)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers

We want to offer those protections to those employees so they can come forward and feel safe doing so so we can know actually what's going on as these technologies are being developed.

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AI labs should conduct risk assessments before high-stakes internal deployment of frontier models

A large frontier developer shall write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish on its internet website a frontier AI framework that applies to the large frontier developer's frontier models and describes in detail how the large...

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