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https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/californias-gavin-newsom-vetoes-controversial-ai-safety-bill-d526f621
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a controversial artificial-intelligence safety bill that pitted some of the biggest tech companies against prominent scientists who developed the technology.
The Democrat decided to reject the measure because it applies only to the biggest and most expensive AI models and leaves others unregulated, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking”
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according to a person with knowledge of his thinking
Tangentially, I wonder how often this journalese stock phrase means the "leak" comes from the person himself.
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What an undignified way to go.
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(Just the justification, of course; fixed.)