OODA Loop – California Passes Emergency Security Rules for AI Companies Despite Tech Firms’ Opposition

California lawmakers have voted to advance legislation that would implement higher levels of testing and security measures for AI companies. The legislation aims to prevent AI tools from being manipulated for malicious purposes. Experts have identified possible scenarios in which AI systems could be manipulated to destroy the state’s power grid or help build chemical weapons. The bill is strongly opposed by tech companies like Meta and Google, which say the legislation would harm developers rather than go after bad actors. The new requirements would only apply to systems that require more than $100 million in computational power to train, and no current AI models have reached that cost level.

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