{"id":440738,"date":"2026-08-22T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440738\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:00:19","slug":"openai-calls-for-california-to-strengthen-its-ai-safety-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440738\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Calls For California To Strengthen Its AI Safety Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a surprising 180, OpenAI is calling for &#8220;stronger safeguards&#8221; when it comes to laws regulating frontier AI models. In a <a data-ylk=\"slk:LinkedIn post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7496604665812336640\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn post<\/a> from OpenAI Global Affairs, the company said it supports California&#8217;s SB 53 law that went into effect last year and serves as an &#8220;important foundation for frontier AI safety&#8221; in the state, but that it needed further strengthening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We\u00a0believe the law should be amended to expand safeguards, including by requiring monitoring of frontier models under training or evaluation for potential serious incidents, namely conduct that could bypass a third party&#8217;s security controls and compromise the third party&#8217;s confidential information,&#8221; OpenAI&#8217;s post on LinkedIn read. The AI giant also called for &#8220;strengthening cybersecurity protections throughout the model-development lifecycle, specifically to prevent frontier models from circumventing internal security controls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier this summer, <a data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2220436\/openai-admits-models-hacked-hugging-face-on-their-own\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a> admitted that one of its frontier AI models managed to escape a controlled testing environment and ended up hacking into Hugging Face. In July,\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"slk:Anthropic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2227630\/anthropic-ai-models-hacked-three-organizations-on-their-own\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropic<\/a> also said that its Claude models also broke out of their testing environments and infiltrated three outside organizations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While OpenAI is now actively calling for more protections with SB 53, it previously opposed <a data-ylk=\"slk:the bill;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-21\/openai-says-california-s-controversial-ai-bill-will-hurt-innovation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the bill<\/a> in 2024. 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