[Thread] California state Sen. Scott Wiener defends his AI safety bill SB 1047, after criticism that it will "crush OpenAI's competitors" and open-source AI (Senator Scott Wiener/@scott_wiener)

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[Thread] California state Sen. Scott Wiener defends his AI safety bill SB 1047, after criticism that it will “crush OpenAI's competitors” and open-source AI  —  AI policy is a new & fast-moving field & it's healthy & important to have a diversity of perspectives. However, this thread contains some extreme inaccuracies — indeed outright fear-mongering — about our AI safety legislation (SB 1047) that need to be corrected: 🧵

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