Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

For (30)

• 

  Miles Kodama

  AI policy researcher

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Today, frontier AI developers have no legal obligation to disclose anything about their safety and security protocols to government, let alone to the public. When a company releases a new AI system more powerful than any system before, it is entirely... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Teri Olle

  Director, Economic Security California Action

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Including safety and transparency protections recommended by Gov. Newsom’s AI commission in SB 53 is an opportunity for California to be on the right side of history and advance commonsense AI regulations while our national leaders dither, In additi... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Geoff Ralston

  Founder, Safe AI Fund

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Artificial intelligence is one of the most powerful technologies ever developed, and it’s advancing at breakneck speed. Even industry leaders have warned of its potential risks. Ensuring AI is developed safely should not be controversial—it should be... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Economic Security Project Action

  Policy advocacy organization

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Building on the report’s “trust, but verify” approach, the amended bill requires the largest AI companies to publicly disclose their safety and security protocols and report the most critical safety incidents to the California Attorney General. The r... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Steven Adler

  AI safety researcher; Lawfare writer

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Before a new model's release, Al companies commonly (though not always) run safety tests - and release the results in a "System Card." The idea is to see if the model has any extreme abilities (like strong cyberhacking), and then to take an appropri... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Mark Reddish

  Center for AI Policy researcher

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Requiring companies to publish risk management frameworks does not mean disclosing confidential or proprietary information that could compromise business interests or national security. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Miranda Bogen

  Director, AI Governance Lab (CDT)

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  it’s clear that voluntary commitments only go so far. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  OpenAI

  AI research organization

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  The Safety Hub provides public access to safety evaluation results for our models. [...] evaluations of models under our Preparedness Framework prior to their deployment. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Chris Lehane

  OpenAI chief global affairs officer

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  We also publicly share safety evaluations through our Preparedness Framework, which sets out how we measure, monitor, and mitigate large-scale risks. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Thomas Woodside

  Secure AI Project co-founder

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Those updates should include the results of evaluations for models that haven’t been publicly deployed yet, since those models could also pose serious risks. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Dean W. Ball

  AI policy writer

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  There is much to recommend these laws over the Nevada and Illinois bills I discussed above. Unlike those laws, SB 53 and RAISE are technically sophisticated, reflecting a clear understanding (for the most part) about what it is possible for AI develo... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

  California State Assembly member

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  That is fundamentally the basis of this bill, is that they will be defining their own safety protocols. They will be making those public, and then they will have to follow them. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

  New York Governor's press office

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Governor Kathy Hochul today signed legislation to require AI frameworks for AI frontier models, setting a nation-leading standard for AI transparency and safety. The agreed-upon chapter amendments to the RAISE Act (S6953B/A6453B) requires large AI de... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

  California Governor's Office

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  SB 53 establishes new requirements for frontier AI developers creating stronger: ✅ Transparency: Requires large frontier developers to publicly publish a framework on its website describing how the company has incorporated national standards, intern... more Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  New York State Senate

  State legislative chamber, New York

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  The RAISE Act requires [...] frontier AI developers to write, implement, publish, and comply with plans [...] including how they assess the safety risks of their models. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Partnership on AI

  AI governance nonprofit, multi-stakeholder

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Disclose details such as testing methodologies, evaluation criteria, results, limitations, and gaps for any internal and external evaluations conducted prior to release. Unverified source

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Ben Brooks

  Head of public policy, Stability AI

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  If necessary, we could require frontiers developers to obtain third-party evaluations prior to release, share their findings [...]. Unverified source

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Alex Bores

  New York State Assemblymember

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  you design your own safety protocols ahead of time [...] if your models fail your own tests, we want to know about it. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Andrew Gounardes

  New York State Senator

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  It requires companies [...] to create and share [...] protocols before they deploy these models publicly. And then it requires [...] to complete an annual assessment [...]. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Encode AI

  AI policy advocacy nonprofit

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  They will require these companies to publish important information regarding their safety protocols and risk evaluations, and report major safety incidents to the Attorney General. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Dario Amodei

  Research Scientist at OpenAI

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  He also noted the standard should require AI developers to adopt policies for testing models and publicly disclose them [...] Unverified source (2026)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Anthropic

  AI safety research company

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Release public transparency reports summarizing their catastrophic risk assessments and the steps taken to fulfill their respective frameworks before deploying powerful new models. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  UK government science department

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Some of this information can be made available to the public by publishing a transparency report (such as a model card) and providing general overviews of model purpose and risk assessment evaluation results. Unverified source

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Peter Kyle

  UK shadow technology secretary, Labour

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  [Companies] have to release all of the test data and tell us what they are testing for, so we can see exactly what is happening and where this technology is taking us. Unverified source (2024)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Richard Blumenthal

  U.S. Senator from Connecticut

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  AI companies ought to be required to test their systems, disclose known risks, and allow independent researcher access. Unverified source (2023)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Sam Altman

  CEO at OpenAI

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  First, it is vital that AI companies–especially those working on the most powerful models–adhere to [...] testing prior to release and publication of evaluation results. Unverified source (2023)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Andreas Stuhlmüller

  CEO of Elicit

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  SB53's requirements for safety protocols and transparency reports are exactly what we need as AI becomes more powerful and widespread. Unverified source (2025)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Jack Titus

  AI policy writer at FAS

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  For models with risk above the lowest level, both pre- and post-mitigation evaluation results and methods should be public, including any performed mitigations. Unverified source (2024)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Office of Senator Scott Wiener

  Official office of CA State Senator

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  help California develop workable guardrails for deploying GenAI [...] Companies will be required to publish their safety and security protocols and risk evaluations Unverified source (2025)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  California State Legislature

  State legislative body

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes For and says:

  Before, or concurrently with, deploying a new frontier model [...] publish on its internet website a transparency report [...] summaries of [...] assessments of catastrophic risks. Unverified source (2025)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate

Abstain (0)

Against (5)

• 

  Neil Chilson

  AI policy head, Abundance Institute

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes Against and says:

  Those compliance costs are merely the beginning. The bill, if passed, would feed California regulators truckloads of company information that they will use to design a compliance industrial complex. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Chamber of Progress

  Tech industry policy association

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes Against and says:

  we still have lingering concerns about how the bill [...] fails to protect trade secrets necessary to maintain competitiveness. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Paul Lekas

  SIIA public policy executive

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes Against and says:

  These will require companies to publish detailed information and reports that could expose trade secrets and other sensitive information. Unverified source (2025)

  added 13d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Frontier Model Forum

  Frontier AI industry forum

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes Against and says:

  [I]f the evaluation results indicate that a particular model has an exploitable vulnerability that may lead to a significant increase in biorisks, this information should not be published. Unverified source (2025)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate
• 

  Aden Hizkias

  Policy Manager, Chamber of Progress

  I am this person! Add a sourced quote Report comment

  votes Against and says:

  Chamber of Progress [...] opposes SB 53 [...] Developers must formally publish detailed security protocols and transparency reports at or before the time of deployment. Unverified source (2025)

  added 20d ago

  

  Choose a list of delegates

  to vote as the majority of them.

  Unless you vote directly.

  Delegate