“To some it is philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio”
Jul 29, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
The AI community is laser-focused on SB 1047, but there's another AI bill in California that is equally, if not more, aggressive than 1047: AB 3211.
Like 1047, AB 3211 has passed one chamber of the legislature and is authored by a powerful legislator.
Let's take a look. 🧵
AB 3211 is a deepfake bill, officially titled the Provenance, Authenticity, and Watermarking Standards Act.
It mandates the use of watermarking for all generative AI systems, and requires all large websites and apps to display provenance information for digital content.
Jun 17, 2024 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The latest amendments to SB 1047, introduced today, unfortunately seem to be a step in the wrong direction.
The Frontier Model Division now has a new power: the ability to raise or lower the threshold for a covered model at will. This gives the agency regulatory powers that it could deploy in unpredictable ways.
