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alifornia has long been
a place where tomorrow
is invented – sometimes
literally in a garage,
sometimes in a university lab,
and increasingly in clusters of
humming data centers from the
Bay Area to Los Angeles. It seems
fitting that the state is the first in
the U.S. to pass a comprehensive
law focused on frontier artificial
intelligence – the cutting-edge
systems powerful enough to
reshape economies, democracies,
and daily life.
With the passage of SB 53, the
Transparency in Frontier Artificial
Intelligence Act, California has
planted its flag in the global debate
over advanced AI governance.
The law's goal is simple in theory
but complex in execution: ensure
that the most powerful AI systems
are developed with transparency,
safety, and accountability at their
core, without stifling innovation.
Or, as some California lawmakers
put it, the state is taking a
"RADical approach" – Responsible,
Accountable, and Democratic – to
AI oversight.
SB 53
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BY PRITI SARASWAT
California's RADical New Blueprint for
Frontier AI Transparency/Making AI
Transparency Totally RAD Again
