“Introducing SB53.info” by Miles Kodama

Today I'm launching SB53.info, a resource to help the public understand California's Senate Bill 53. The site shows the text of SB 53 enriched with annotations to explain its political and scientific context.

What does SB 53 do?

In a nutshell, SB 53 says seven things. These are the four I consider most important:

• Every large AI developer must write, publish, and follow a safety policy (§ 22757.12.a).
• Every year starting in 2030, a large AI developer must get an independent auditor to verify that (1) they are following their own safety policy, and (2) the safety policy is clear enough that it's possible to determine whether the developer is following it (§ 22757.14).
• Every frontier model released by a large AI developer must have a published model card (§ 22757.12.c).
• A large AI developer is civilly liable if they break any of these rules (§ 22757.16).

And [...]

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Outline:

(00:25) What does SB 53 do?

(08:30) What do I think of SB 53?

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First published:

July 25th, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/hKB27TZmFPGPJqgvJ/introducing-sb53-info

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