SIIA Joins 9 Organizations in Opposing SB 1047 (Wiener)

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) joins other organizations in opposing SB 1047 (Wiener) as amended April 30, 2024, which seeks to enact the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act. While sharing the goal of ensuring safe AI development, they argue that federal regulation adequately addresses this concern and fear SB 1047 would further complicate the already fragmented U.S. AI regulatory landscape. They criticize the bill for imposing vague, impractical, and potentially infeasible requirements on developers, leading to high compliance costs and harsh penalties, including criminal liability. Moreover, they argue that the bill overly regulates AI technology rather than its high-risk applications, creating uncertainty, discouraging innovation, and exposing developers to significant liability risks. They contend that rather than protecting Californians, the bill could make them more vulnerable by hindering the development of AI technologies that could safeguard against dangerous models developed outside California’s jurisdiction.