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  "description": "Wiener explains that his landmark state AI legislation faced backlash and roadblocks, but ultimately is a win for AI regulation. ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T23:09:13.000Z",
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    "artificial intelligence safety law",
    "President Donald Trump’s AI executive order",
    "Learn more about Broadband Breakfast Live Online",
    "Signup on CHAT for BroadbandLive",
    "Dec. 11 executive order"
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2026 – California State Sen. **Scott Wiener** , D-San Francisco, said the state’s recently passed artificial intelligence safety law would make a good national standard at the federal level, despite President Donald Trump’s AI executive order discouraging state regulation of AI.\n\nWiener was referring to the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, or SB 53, which was signed by Gov. **Gavin Newsom** on Sept. 29, 2025. The law took effect on Jan. 1.\n\nSB 53, a landmark AI safety measure proposed by Wiener, made California one of the first states to pass a law governing AI. In February 2024, he introduced a prior bill to regulate advanced AI models. Although the prior measure, SB 1047, passed the state legislature, it was vetoed by Newsom because of objections from the tech industry.\n\nLearn more about Broadband Breakfast Live Online\n\n\n                            Signup on CHAT for BroadbandLive\n                        \n\nAlthough more limited, SB 53 now faces a threat from the Trump administration’s efforts to establish a nationwide uniform AI policy through its Dec. 11 executive order.\n\nSpeaking Monday at the State of the Net Conference here, Wiener said it’s unreasonable to simultaneously take no action on regulating AI at the federal level – and to tell states to do the same.\n\n“That is absurd, and it’s actually outrageous,” Wiener said. “It shows that this administration and the current leadership of Republicans in Congress: They do not seem particularly interested in actually protecting the public. They just want to protect the companies that are helping them and supporting them.”\n\nFederal preemption is both broad and dangerous, especially with the harmful capabilities of AI, such as deepfakes.\n\n### _Provisions regarding third-party audits?_\n\nSB 1047 originally contained a section on third-party audits that was ultimately removed in SB 53. But Wiener – who is running for U.S. Congress to the seat currently held by former Speaker **Nancy Pelosi** , D-Calif. – predicted that such provisions could eventually return under California’s next governor.\n\nWiener said it’s too soon to judge the law’s effectiveness, being in effect for only a month.\n\nThe law also requires advanced AI companies to report catastrophic risks, implement public safety measures and provide whistleblower protections for employees. The law is transparency-focused but still pro-innovation, he said, instead of impeding technological development with regulations.\n\nDespite concerns from OpenAI and other similar companies against SB 53, Wiener said opposition is healthy for a democracy, because it shows the legislation is “actually doing something.”\n\nLooking into the future, he expressed concern about the disproportionate effects of AI: It could benefit a small percentage of people, while simultaneously leaving “a bunch of other people who are eating cat food in the gutter.”",
  "title": "Author of California AI Legislation Calls Trump Executive Order 'Outrageous'",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-22T21:54:44.154Z"
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