SB 53, Bill the security and transparency of the AI ​​that California Governor Gavin Newsom signed this weekendIt is proof that state regulation must not hinder artificial intelligence progress.

So says Adam Billen, vice -president of public policies at the defense group led by young people, here, in today’s equity episode.

“The reality is that the same political managers know that we have to do something and know to work on one million other outs that is a way to approve a legislation that really protects innovation – that interests me – making sure that the thesis is safe,” Billen said to Techcrunch.

In the center, SB 53 is an account for the first in the nation This requires that large artificial intelligence laboratories be transparent on their part of the security and safety protocols specifically surround the way they prevent their models of catastrophic risks, such as being used to commit cyber attacks on critical infrastructures or biologies built. The law also requires that companies will land in those protocols, which will be applied by the Emergency Services Office.

“Companies are already doing the things we ask them to do in this bill,” Billen said to Techcrunch. “They take safety tests on their models. They release model cards. They are starting to skim in some areas in some companies? Yes. And that’s why invoices like this are important.”

Billen has also observed that some artificial intelligence companies have a policy regarding the security standards of remote pressure. Openi, for example, publicly declared that it He can “regular” his security requirements If a rival laboratory releases a high -risk system without similar guarantees. Billen claims that politics can enforce the existing security promises of companies, preventing them from cutting corners under competitive or financial pressure.

While the public opposition to SB 53 has been deactivated Comparison with its predecessor SB 1047Which Newsom veto last yearThe rhetoric in Silicon Valley and among most of the artificial intelligence laboratories was that almost all the Ayma progress to progress and eventually hinder the United States in its race to beat China.

This is why companies like Meta, VC such as Andreessen Horowitz and powerful individuals such as the president of Opeeni Greg Brockman are collectively pumping Hundres of millions of Super Pacs to pro-ai politicians in state elections. And that’s why those same forces at the beginning of this year pushed for a Ai Moratoryum This would have banned states to regulate artificial intelligence for 10 years.

Coding ai has managed a coalition of over 200 organizations to work on Reduce the proposalBut Billen says the struggle is not over. Senator Ted Cruz, who champion the moratorium, is trying a new strategy to achieve the same goal as the federal preemption of state laws. In September, Cruz introduced the Sandbox actWhich would allow artificial intelligence companies to apply exemptions to temporarily bypass certain federal regulations for a maximum of 10 years. Billen also provides for an imminent bill that establishes a Federal Artificial Intelligence Standard that would have been launched as a medium -ground solution but actually would have exceeded state laws.

He warned that the federal legislation of AI with narrow context could “eliminate federalism for the most important technology of our time”.

“If I told me that SB 53 was the account that replaced all state invoices on your love, related to the AI ​​and all potential risks, I would like to probably not an excellent idea and that this bill is designed for a particular subset of things,” Billen said.

As it agrees on the fact that the breed of artificial intelligence with China is important and that politicians must issue that they will support American progress, states that killing state invoices – which focus mainly on deep pavilions, transparency, algorithmic discrimination, children’s safety and government is not the way to do it.

“The bills are like SB 53 the thing that will prevent us from beating China? No,” he said. “I think it is honestly intellectually dishonest to say that this is the thing that will stop us in the race.”

He added: “If the thing you care about is to beat China in the tender on artificial intelligence – and I care – then the thing you want to push for are things like export controls to the congress,” Billen said. “You would assure you that American companies have chips. But this is not the sector that the sector is pushing.”

Legislative proposal such as the Security ACT chip Aims in the presence of the diversion of chips to advanced in China through export controls and monitoring devices and existence Fips and Science Acts Try to increase the production of national chip. However, some important technological companies, including Openai and Nvidia, express themselves or opposition to some aspects of these efforts, citing concerns about effectivenessCompetitification and safety vulnerability.

Nvidia has its reasons: it has a strong financial incentive to continue selling chips in China, which was historically The representation has a significant part of its global return. Billen hypothesized that Openi could retain the defense of chip exports to the good graces of crucial suppliers such as Nvidia.

There are also messages inconsistent from the Trump administration. Three months after the expansion of the year Ban on export on chips to advanced in China In April 2025, the administration of the inverted race, allowing Nvidia and AMD to sell some chips in China in Exchange of 15% of the revenue.

“See people on the hill that move towards invoices such as the Security Act chip that would put export checks on China,” Billen said. “In the meantime, it will continue to be this support for the narrative to kill the state bills that are actually quite light.”

Billen added that SB 53 is an example of democracy in action – of the industry and politicians who work together to reach a version of a bill on which everyone can agree. It is “very ugly and disordered”, but “that process of democracy and federalism is the entire basis of our country and our economic system, and I hope we will continue to do it successfully”.

“I think SB 53 is one of the best test points that can still work,” he said.

This entry was published for the first time on October 1.