A bill that would consult the use of artificial intelligence across California state agencies introduced Wednesday by Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa.
The California AI Accountability Act, introduced as Senate Bill 896, would create a roadmap and regulations for the use of emerging generation across state agencies, adding that it would require public awareness when interacting with synthetic intelligence.
“We all now recognize the enormous potential that synthetic intelligence has for our lives and the way government works,” said Senator Dodd. “But we also see its potential drawbacks, especially the risk to customer privacy, transparency and fairness. My proposal will help identify the dangers of those emerging systems and expand the appropriate rules to protect our state and the public. “
The bill distinguishes between other types and programs of synthetic intelligence, treating traditional AI as a generation that can be used to update human decision-making, adding “high-risk automated resolution systems” and generative AI, which can create text, audio, and images. and video knowledge entry.
The solution to AI through the law comes as President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom have separately expressed a preference for addressing the way generation is governed at the federal and state levels.
Biden’s leadership created a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights” in October 2022. It highlights tactics where generation has been used to collect data about the public without their knowledge, discriminating due to biased algorithms, or otherwise. It threatened civil rights and economic and employment opportunities in some way.
The blueprint also noted the positive impact the technology has had, and could continue to have, if properly regulated. It established five key areas of focus, which included creating safe and effective systems, creating algorithmic discrimination protections, safeguarding data privacy, giving notice and explanation for the use of AI, and considering human alternatives and contingency systems.
Newsom issued Executive Order N-12-23 in September 2023. He spoke on behalf of the generation, noting that 35 of the 50 largest corporations in the industry are located in California. But it also outlines steps to take to address the dangers AI may pose, echoing many of the Biden administration’s concerns.
Dodd introduced a solution last year that was the Legislature’s first attempt to tackle the use of AI at the state level. The response was unanimous.
The new bill creates rules for state agencies, departments, and subdivisions on how to review, adopt, and technologies with automated decision-making capabilities. It commissions the California Government Operations Agency, the Department of Technology, and the Office of Data and Innovation to produce a report on the dangers and benefits of AI in the state.
It also stipulates that the Legislature intends the guidelines to extend to the private sector as well, particularly requiring notice to the public when AI is being used.
Another provision of the bill would encourage state universities and the private sector to collaborate and invest in artificial intelligence education to build technology that can use the technology effectively.
The AI Accountability Act will then be reviewed through the Senate Rules Committee.