Natasha Allen on California AI Bills – 'California definitely wants to be on the forefront'

Foley & Lardner LLP partner Natasha Allen offered insight on California legislation aimed at artificial intelligence in The Recorder article, “Innovation vs. Regulation Debate Reaches Gov. Gavin Newsom as AI Bills Hit His Desk,” and the Law360 article, “Calif. Takes AI Reins With Looming Safety, Transparency Laws.”

Allen assessed a key issue in The Recorder developers would face from California SB 1047, which would assign liability for products that could be refined and redeveloped many times in ways the original creator could not have envisioned.

“A lot of these models develop and learn on iterations of the model,” explained Allen, who is co-chair for Artificial intelligence within Foley’s Innovative Technology Sector. “It’s just difficult for them to even make this assessment on day one, to say this model at some point in the future will not be something completely different.”

“California definitely wants to be on the forefront and is placing the focus on making sure this technology is safe and secure,” Allen told Law360. “But legislatures have the tough battle of trying to make sure they’re balancing innovation with security, and at some point they have to draw a line in the sand and see how this regulation is working in practice.”

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