California’s artificial intelligence bill has gaps. Lawmakers plan to fill them

By Stephen Hobbs, The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO — A rogue action by OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models this summer to break into another company was not considered a “critical safety incident,” under a California law regulating the technology. The Hugging Face hack reverberated across the industry because OpenAI’s models took actions that went against what they were supposed to do, including accessing the internet and exploiting vulnerabilities. But Senate Bill 53, a vanguard law regulating large artificial intelligence models, only requires reports of so-called “loss of control” incidents if the technology caused death or injury. OpenAI called on California legislators Tuesday to strengthen the measure during a hearing of the Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. The goal was to evaluate SB 53 and discuss ways it could be improved. “The risk that artificial intelligence poses to our safety is of critical importance, not just for California but for the entire world