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according to foreign media reports, on september 10, more than 100 current and former employees of large artificial intelligence companies called on california governor gavin newsom to pass the state's new artificial intelligence regulatory bill, which has caused divisions in the technology and policy circles.

the letter, signed by current and former employees of openai, anthropic, google's deepmind, meta, and xai, expressed concerns about the development of certain ai models.

the bill, sb 1047, requires ai companies to conduct security tests on their systems before releasing them to the public. it also holds companies liable for catastrophic harm caused by their models and allows for whistleblower protections for tech workers.

"we believe that the most powerful ai models may soon pose serious risks, such as expanded use of biological weapons and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure," the letter reads. "it is feasible and appropriate for leading-edge ai companies to test whether the most powerful ai models could cause serious harm and to implement reasonable safeguards against such risks."

axios first reported the statement.

sb 1047 has passed both the state assembly and senate. it is now up to newsom to sign the bill into law or veto it by sept. 30. the governor has yet to indicate his position on the bill, and he is facing intense lobbying from both sides.

supporters of the bill argue that without guardrails, the development of artificial intelligence could have disastrous consequences. elon musk, founder of xai, has publicly supported regulation of artificial intelligence. openai competitor anthropic, which is backed by amazon and alphabet, also supports the bill.

artificial intelligence pioneers yoshua bengio and geoffrey hinton wrote in an open letter to california leaders: the choices the government makes now about how to develop and deploy these powerful ai systems may have profound consequences for current and future generations in california and around the world.