Following the explosion of Artificial Intelligence over the past two years, it has been proven that this technology has the potential to completely transform many of the things we know. Photo: Pixabay
The California State Assembly and Senate this week passed the controversial AI Security Bill, known as SB 1047, which if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom would become one of the first significant AI regulations in the United States.
According to The Vergethis bill, drafted by Scott Wiener, a Democratic senator from San Francisco, would require artificial intelligence companies operating in California to implement a series of precautions in the development of their sophisticated models. This would include always having a way to shut down the models in case they become uncontrollable, and having external auditors participate in safety audits of the models.
In addition, developers can be sued by the state attorney general if a company’s model poses a continuing threat.
Following the explosion of Artificial Intelligence over the past two years, it has been proven that this technology has the potential to completely transform many of the things we know.
While users are experimenting with the most worrisome capabilities of generative AI, ranging from deep fakes to music creation to programming, some companies have dedicated themselves to solving the most pressing challenges of entire industries.
Combating operational inefficiency is one of the great advances that Artificial Intelligence has brought with it. In a recent interviewAlex Sandoval, CEO of the Latin American AI company Allie, said that “We are moving towards a time when factories will be managed by AI agents that handle most of the operational decisions (…) And these agents will analyze data, suggest optimizations, and even implement changes autonomously.”
However, while the most promising advances are solving business challenges, governments around the world have set their sights on this technology to monitor its progress.
A brake on the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence
The debate over whether AI is intelligent has been here since the rise of ChatGPT escalated globally in early 2023. It initially raised a lot of concerns about what professions AI could replace, but now the debate is focusing on how safe this technology can be to develop to the point of Artificial General Intelligence, which could theoretically match or surpass human intellect in all facets of knowledge.
The toughest laws have begun to fall. In recent days Mark Zuckerberg and the CEO of Spotify accused the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Law, the first regional regulation of its kind, of “incoherent” and of “slowing down innovation”. In a letter, “its fragmented regulatory structure, riddled with inconsistencies in its application, hinders innovation and holds back developers.”
The complaint from these two executives is just a small part of the detractors that the EU AI law has. Among other things, WhatsApp users in the EU cannot use Meta AI in the app, nor in Meta’s other services. Some of Spotify’s more recent innovations that include AI have also not been able to reach European users.
Some tech leaders and politicians in California, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, fear something similar could end up happening in the state, which, According to those who oppose itcould prevent California from leading the development of global Artificial Intelligence and other obstacles to local innovation.
By Sergio Ramos, editor in Social Geekand contributor to Entrepreneur and Forbes en Español. Technology expert who enjoys learning about startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
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