Plus, OpenAI's o1, and AI Governance Summary. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Newsom Vetoes SB 1047 On Sunday, Governor Newsom vetoed California's Senate Bill 1047 (SB 1047), the most ambitious legislation to-date aimed at regulating frontier AI models. The bill, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener and covered in a previous newsletter, would have required AI developers to test frontier models for hazardous capabilities and take steps to mitigate catastrophic risks. (CAIS Action Fund was a co-sponsor of SB 1047.) Newsom states that SB 1047 is not comprehensive enough. In his letter to the California Senate, the governor argued that “SB 1047 does not take into account whether an AI system is deployed in high-risk environments, involves [...] --- Outline: (00:18) Newsom Vetoes SB 1047 (01:55) OpenAI's o1 (06:44) AI Governance (10:32) Links The original text contained 3 images which were described by AI. --- First published: October 1st, 2024 Source: https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-42-newsom-vetoes --- Want more? Check out our ML Safety Newsletter for technical safety research. Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.