United States of America: Passed Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047) including the establishment of Frontier Model Division under the Department of Technology

On 21 May 2024, the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models Act (SB 1047) was passed by the California Senate. The Act would require the establishment of Frontier Model Division under the Department of Technology. The Division would be responsible for reviewing annual certification reports from developers and publicly releasing summarised findings based on those reports. Additionally, the Division would be required to commission consultants to create a public cloud computing cluster called CalCompute. The primary focus of CalCompute would be to conduct research into the safe and secure deployment of large-scale artificial intelligence models and support equitable innovation. The Act now goes to the California State Assembly.