What You Need to Know About SB 1047: A Q&A with Anjney Midha
Andreessen Horowitz June 19, 2024
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. ― Pericles
On May 21, the California Senate passed Bill 1047. This bill, which sets out to regulate AI at the model level, is now slated for a California Assembly vote in August. If passed, one signature from Governor Gavin Newsom could cement it into California law.
So here is what you need to know: Senate Bill 1047 is designed to apply to models trained above certain compute and cost thresholds. The bill also holds developers legally liable for the downstream use or modification of their models. Before training begins, developers would need to certify their models will not enable or...