Ng: California's SB 1047 would have harmed open-source AI without improving safety
Andrew Ng · Andrew Ng: Building Faster with AI · Y Combinator · Jul 10, 2025 · at 42:28
AI pioneer Andrew Ng discusses regulatory proposals and tech gatekeeping during a Q&A at Y Combinator's AI Startup School.
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“So I think typing up dangers, supposed false dangers of AI, in order to get regulators to pass laws, like the proposed SB-SB-Ten-Forty-Seven in California, which, thank goodness, we shut down, Would have put in place really burdensome regulatory requirements that don't make anyone safer, but would make it really difficult for teams to release open source and open wide software.”
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