The California Report on Frontier AI Policy

TL;DR

This report discusses California's unique position in advancing frontier AI, emphasizing the need for balanced policies that foster innovation while managing significant risks through evidence-based principles.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive framework and policy principles for California to support frontier AI development responsibly, integrating empirical research, historical analysis, and modeling.

Findings

California's central role in global AI innovation.

A multidisciplinary framework for AI policymaking.

Policy principles emphasizing trust and risk mitigation.

Abstract

The innovations emerging at the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to create historic opportunities for humanity but also raise complex policy challenges. Continued progress in frontier AI carries the potential for profound advances in scientific discovery, economic productivity, and broader social well-being. As the epicenter of global AI innovation, California has a unique opportunity to continue supporting developments in frontier AI while addressing substantial risks that could have far reaching consequences for the state and beyond. This report leverages broad evidence, including empirical research, historical analysis, and modeling and simulations, to provide a framework for policymaking on the frontier of AI development. Building on this multidisciplinary approach, this report derives policy principles that can inform how California approaches the use, assessment, and governance of frontier AI: principles rooted in an ethos of trust but verify. This approach takes into account the importance of innovation while establishing appropriate strategies to reduce material risks.