Marte asks companies which AI legislation they oppose
Councilmember Christopher Marte asks companies to name specific legislation they oppose at the state or federal level. Dwyer cites support for the RAISE Act and Illinois bill; Cahill cites uniform federal standards; Friend cites federal frontier AI framework; Graham cites federal proposals and independent evaluators.
Up next, we have Councilmember Marte, followed by Santos Suoso, and then Juan.
Thank you all for being here and staying till late.
And I want to thank the speaker and chair for hosting this hearing.
I want to just get some clarity.
One of the bill sponsors of the RAISE Act said that OpenAI was actually against, strongly against the initial draft language of the bill, and you stated that you have been supportive of the RAISE Act in Albany.
So I kind of want to know, just because it seems like you guys have been supportive of a lot of legislation,
based on your testimony, what specific legislation are you against in New York State or on a federal level?
So thank you for the question.
OpenAI worked with other companies on the New York RAISE Act, and we do support the New York RAISE Act, which passed.
We also, as I've mentioned, supported legislation that actually goes a step beyond the New York RAISE Act.
For example, in Illinois, that requires independent third-party audits of safety frameworks.
Are there any pieces of legislation, and I guess this is for everyone, that you are against on the state level or federal level?
I go next.
Council member, how I think about it generally is the importance of ensuring that we have a robust uniform federal standard.
I think I mentioned earlier in the day that AI is transcontinental.
It is inherently interstate.
So it is important that there is a robust uniform federal standard in relation to how AI is governed.
I think we would align ourselves with those comments.
I think the most important thing for us to focus on is getting a strong federal framework
particularly around frontier AI, and also working through an overall regulatory framework that's going to ensure AI safety and also ensure that we can deploy and leverage AI across the entire country.
Yeah, and likewise, I don't know what our position is there exactly, but what I do know is that we have outlined and supported our specific federal legislation proposals.
We think a core part of this, for example, needs to involve independent evaluators, and we are longstanding supporters of the role of government here.
Thank you all so much.
Up next, we have Councilmember Sansu Swoso, Juan, and then Hanif.