Tech Group Urges Gov. Newsom to Veto 2 Calif. AI Bills
A software industry group sought veto of two California AI bills this week. In letters dated Wednesday, the Software and Industry Information Association (SIIA) urged Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to reject bills aimed at regulating frontier AI (SB-53) and kids' usage of chatbots (AB-1064) that passed the state legislature last week (see 2509150026 and 2509120037).
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SB-53 “establishes an overly prescriptive and burdensome framework that will stifle frontier model development without adequately improving safety,” said SIIA in one letter to Newsom. “We remain concerned that the bill focuses on revenue thresholds rather than regulating based on advanced model capabilities.”
Meanwhile, AB-1065 could “undermine efforts to improve the safety and reliability of AI chatbots and have negative implications for innovation in California,” said SIIA’s second letter.