[Thread] California state Sen. Scott Wiener defends his AI security invoice SB 1047, after criticism that it’ll "crush OpenAI's rivals" and open-source AI (Senator Scott Wiener/@scott_wiener)

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[Thread] California state Sen. Scott Wiener defends his AI security invoice SB 1047, after criticism that it’ll “crush OpenAI’s rivals” and open-source AI  —  AI coverage is a brand new & fast-moving area & it is wholesome & essential to have a variety of views. Nevertheless, this thread accommodates some excessive inaccuracies — certainly outright fear-mongering — about our AI security laws (SB 1047) that have to be corrected: 🧵