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Comment by Rishi Bommasani
Society Lead at Stanford's Center for Research on Foundation Models; lead author of the Foundation Model Transparency Index and the California Report on Frontier AI Policy
The law will bring much-needed disclosure to the AI industry. [...] You can write whatever law in theory, but the practical impact of it is heavily shaped by how you implement it, how you enforce it, and how the company is engaged with it.
AI Verified
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(2026)
1mo ago
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Verification History
AI Verified
Quote attributed to Rishi Bommasani (Society Lead at Stanford's Center for Research on Foundation Models; lead author of the California Report on Frontier AI Policy that influenced SB 53), year 2026. Source URL (localnewsmatters.org, a syndication of the CalMatters article "Scared of artificial intelligence? New law forces makers to disclose disaster plans") returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but a web search confirmed the substance: Bommasani "said the law will bring much-needed disclosure to the AI industry," noted that of 13 companies studied only three regularly carry out incident reports, and stressed that SB 53's effectiveness "depends heavily on the government agencies tasked with enforcing it" — matching the quote's second fragment about implementation/enforcement determining practical impact. Author attribution correct. Year 2026 current (article Jan 3, 2026). Source URL contains the quote. The [...] elision is valid. Vote alignment correct: statement "Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority" is voted "for," consistent with Bommasani's strong support for mandated AI safety incident disclosure (SB 53 establishes such incident-reporting requirements; he explicitly highlights the lack of voluntary incident reporting as the problem the law addresses).
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 17d ago
replying to Rishi Bommasani