Controversial AI regulation bill finds unlikely ally in Elon Musk
With a make-or-break deadline just days away, a polarizing bill to regulate the fast-growing artificial intelligence industry from progressive state Sen. Scott Wiener has gained support from an unlikely source.
Elon Musk, the Donald Trump-supporting, often regulation-averse Tesla CEO and X owner, this week said he thinks "California should probably pass" the proposal, which would regulate the development and deployment of advanced AI models, specifically large-scale AI products costing at least $100 million to build.
The surprising endorsement from a man who also owns an AI company comes as other political heavyweights typically much more aligned with Wiener's views, including San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, join major tech companies in urging Sacramento to put on the brakes.
"This is a tough call and will make some people upset," Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "For over 20 years, I have been an advocate for AI regulation, just as we regulate any product/technology that is a potential risk to the public."
The billionaire co-founded OpenAI, the developer of the wildly popular Chat GPT, in 2015 and founded xAI — headquartered in Burlingame, incorporated in Nevada — in 2023. Wiener's office said if the law is passed, it would apply...
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