State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, talks to members of the Senate during the last day of legislative session on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 in Sacramento. Wiener’s SB 1047 wold impose new regulations on artificial intelligence developers who do business in California. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com A new biological weapon. An electrical grid shutdown. A banking system meltdown. Those are catastrophes artificial intelligence could one day become capable of initiating, warns California state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, author of a bill that would implement a new set of AI regulations designed to prevent just such emergencies. The California Assembly approved Wiener’s SB 1047 Wednesday with a vote of 41-9. It requires one more procedural vote before landing on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Wiener and supporters of the bill describe […]
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