Even former Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA) has warned her governor against signing a sweeping Big Tech censorship bill passed by the California legislature.
If California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) does not veto the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act by September 30, 2024, it will become law. The bill would make open-source artificial intelligence (AI) developers responsible for other people’s use and modification of their technology, likely moving the entire AI industry towards the censorship-heavy closed-source models of California tech giant Google.
Pelosi, who remains a U.S. congresswoman, joined free speech advocates in opposing the Frontier AI Act (also called Senate Bill 1047). She warned, “While [I] want California to lead in AI in a way that protects consumers, data, intellectual property and more, SB 1047 is more harmful than helpful in that pursuit.”
Currently, companies like OpenAI, X (formerly Twitter) and Meta offer open-source AI programs, which permit …