Comment by Thomas Woodside

The California Report on Frontier AI Policy acknowledged that 'if those whose analysis points to the most extreme risks are right… then the stakes and costs for inaction on frontier AI at this current moment are extremely high.' Thanks to Senator Wiener's tireless work and Governor Newsom's leadership, California has taken a major step towards recognizing those stakes. AI Verified source (2025)
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AI Verified Verified. Source URL (Senator Wiener's official Senate page sd11.senate.ca.gov) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim and its attribution. Thomas Woodside, Co-Founder and Senior Policy Advisor at Secure AI Project, stated in the SB 53 signing press release: the California Report on Frontier AI Policy acknowledged that "if those whose analysis points to the most extreme risks are right… then the stakes and costs for inaction on frontier AI at this current moment are extremely high," and credited Senator Wiener and Governor Newsom for taking a major step toward recognizing those stakes. Correctly attributed; year 2025 is recent; the [...] elision matches the allowed convention. SB 53 includes mandatory critical safety incident reporting. The vote "for" on statement #435 ("Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority") aligns with Woodside's strong support for frontier AI safety guardrails and his warning about the high costs of inaction. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 8d ago
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