actually, most of the "Big Tech" in AI want open-source (apart from OpenAI), so they were happy to see this bill die. Safeytism is pushed by a few who want consolidated control
Reminder that the #AI safety narrative is #BigTech propaganda aiming to gather support for strict AI regulations which would lead to broad censorship and regulatory capture of big tech on the industry.
https://reclaimthenet.org/governor-newsom-rejects-controversial-ai-bill
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I don’t know the details of this bill but as far as I understand it has more to do with implementing a regulatory framework for #AI companies which would effectively create a barrier to entry for startups rather than addressing the open-source vs closed-source question. It’s true that in general many #BigTech companies support open-source models.
it was to create more of a regulatory barrier (including limiting the computes), yes