“Are bills like SB 53 the thing that will stop us from beating China? No,” said Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at youth-led advocacy group Encode AI. “I think it is just genuinely intellectually dishonest to say that that is the thing that will stop us in the race.”
SB 53, the AI safety and transparency bill that California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law this week, is proof that state regulation doesn’t have to hinder AI progress.
So says Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at youth-led advocacy grou… [5755 chars]
Source: TechCrunch | Published: 2025-10-01T20:00:00Z
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