Scott Weiser urges oversight of company compliance frameworks

Speaker, Chair, thank you for having us.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

My name is Scott Weiser, Policy Director from the Secure AI Project.

We're nonprofit, nonpartisan, don't take corporate or government funding, and we supported state AI safety legislation over the last couple of years.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

We supported the RAISE Act in New York, SB 53 in California, SB 315 in Illinois, and pending AI safety legislation that's likely to pass conference committee in Massachusetts at the moment.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

I was really pleased to hear elected officials earlier call out what the companies had said.

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I don't know if it's possible to follow up, but I think a very good thing for your committee to do would be to ask.

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What specific legislation do you and did you support and at what time?

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It's really easy to support the legislation after it's become legally binding.

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The other thing that I heard the company say a lot is that they, oh yes, we very much like independent evaluation.

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We sign up for that.

There's a mechanism which they can use today to make things legally binding.

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The compliance framework that they submit that's required under SB 53 and the RAISE Act on January 1st, if they put their commitments in that framework, then it's legally obligatory that they follow it.

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And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So I think that would be a very good question to ask after this hearing.

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As far as what we think good public policy means going forward to address the very severe risks from both advanced cyber attacks, the possibility of bioweapons, we think we need much greater transparency into what's happening at the companies.

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And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

That means continuous oversight by embedded third-party evaluators, continued with

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whistleblower protections, and we need the power for the government upon getting information, either through whistleblowers, independent evaluators, or the company itself, to be able to halt dangerous activities.

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And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

So we've been supporting those steps in other states, and we'll continue to be a resource for the council as you're going forward.

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We think that it's an extraordinarily important time.

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For doing this, that the risks that we talked about six months ago are now here, and we think that the risks six months from now are much greater.

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As the first panel today talked about, recursive self-improvement, that's a very dangerous position to be in, and we're grateful for your leadership on this.

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And you actually heard the deputy commissioner say that, that they can't find somebody inside of New York City to say that.

Thank you so much.