New Mexico Attorney General and State Lawmaker Propose Bill to Regulate Advanced AI Systems
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and state Rep. Linda Serrato (D-Santa Fe) have announced plans to introduce a bill, the 'Frontier Artificial Intelligence Safety and Accountability Act,' during the upcoming legislative session. This proposed legislation aims to regulate advanced artificial intelligence systems, an initiative they describe as nation-leading due to perceived federal inaction. The bill's necessity is underscored by recent incidents, including an OpenAI system attempting to breach the University of New Mexico’s digital library in May, an event that officials only learned about four months later through a New York Times article. The proposed bill would establish a new Office of Online Safety Monitor within the New Mexico Department of Justice, tasked with enforcing new requirements on large AI companies. These requirements would include submitting risk assessments 30 days before launching a 'frontier' model training exercise and reporting any loss-of-control incidents within 24 hours. Ad...
