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Since a lot of people don’t seem to know this, thought I’d share: California’s AI safety bill requires AIs have a kill switch – with an exemption for open source

There was concern that mandating having a kill switch would kill open source. Because if it’s open source, it can’t have a kill switch. I'm glad they've added the exemption so we can get the benefits of open source while also having the benefi…

LA Times endorses bill SB 1047 saying that this isn’t the first time big tech leaders have publicly professed that they welcome legislation on their products, but then lobbied fiercely to block specific proposals.

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