United States of America: Governor signed Act on frontier artificial intelligence models and whistleblower protections including transparency requirements (SB 53)

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Governor signed Act on frontier artificial intelligence models and whistleblower protections including transparency requirements (SB 53)

On 29 September 2025, the Governor of California signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53). The Law applies to frontier developers and large frontier developers of foundation models, including those with annual revenue …

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-01-07
under deliberation

On 7 January 2025, the Act on frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models and whistle blower prote…

2025-09-13
adopted

On 13 September 2025, the California Legislature adopted the Transparency in Frontier Artificial In…

2025-09-29
adopted

On 29 September 2025, the Governor of California signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Int…

2026-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2026, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53) enters into for…