OpenAI Supports California in strengthening AI safety regulation
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OpenAI Reportedly Supports California Strengthening AI regulation, including model shutdown mechanisms, annual independent audits, and stricter cybersecurity measures.
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OpenAI Supports Strengthening California AI Safety Regulation
PANews October 22 News, according to The Information, a senior OpenAI official stated in a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom that the company supports requiring AI companies to build shutdown mechanisms into their models, undergo mandatory annual independent audits, and adopt stricter cybersecurity measures. The letter, dated Tuesday, was signed by Chan Park, OpenAI's head of policy and partnerships for the United States and Canada. The letter states that OpenAI “recommends strengthening SB53 Act.” The Act is California's existing AI transparency law, passed in 2025, which currently requires frontier AI companies to publish safety frameworks and transparency reports and report material safety incidents. In addition, OpenAI supports rules requiring companies' “safety frameworks to explicitly cover frontier models autonomously conducting AI research and development...
Key points
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PANews said its report cited The Information.
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The report states that a senior OpenAI official expressed the company's regulatory position in a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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The letter supports requiring AI companies to build shutdown mechanisms into their models, undergo mandatory annual independent audits, and adopt stricter cybersecurity measures.
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The letter, dated Tuesday, was signed by Chan Park, OpenAI's head of policy and partnerships for the United States and Canada.
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The letter states that OpenAI “recommends strengthening SB53 Act.”
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The original text states that the SB53 Act is California's existing AI transparency law, passed in 2025, which currently requires frontier AI companies to publish safety frameworks and transparency reports and report material safety incidents.
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Put simply, OpenAI reportedly wants California's existing AI transparency rules to include more specific safety requirements, such as enabling models to be shut down, requiring companies to undergo independent audits each year, and strengthening cybersecurity. The existing text also mentions that safety frameworks should cover frontier models autonomously conducting AI research and development, but the body text is truncated at this point.
Why it matters to readers
These proposals concern how frontier AI companies prevent, examine, and report safety issues; if incorporated into regulations, relevant companies may need to establish clearer model-control, audit, and cybersecurity systems. Available evidence cannot confirm whether they will be formally adopted.
Beginners should distinguish between “a company publicly supporting a regulatory proposal” and “a regulation already being in force”: what is clear here is that OpenAI reportedly expressed support, which does not mean these additional requirements have already become law.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence provides only a PANews retelling citing The Information and does not include the full original letter.
The body text ends with an ellipsis, so OpenAI's complete proposal regarding automated AI research and development cannot be confirmed.
The specific date of “Tuesday” is not provided in the evidence text.
Whether California will adopt these proposals, the specific provisions, and the implementation timeline are all unspecified.
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