New York's AI safety law takes effect: register, disclose, report incidents
Who checks the big AI labs? Until now, mostly the labs themselves. New York wants to change that. TechCrunch reports the state is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law.
Major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic must register with the state. They must disclose their safety practices. And they must report critical incidents, or face fines. Our sources do not give the reporting deadlines or the size of the fines.
It comes right after the US midterms. The AI Safety Newsletter from CAIS says voters favored candidates who back AI regulation, while safety advocates still clash over strategy. Yesterday, we saw Australia move toward deadlines for reporting AI incidents. Two governments in one week, one idea: tell us when something goes wrong.
Incidents are often disclosed months after they happen, and a legal duty to report is a first step to closing that gap. But a law is only as strong as its enforcement. Watch what counts as 'critical', how fast reports must come, and whether the fines are big enough to matter to companies worth a trillion dollars.
