Immediate release: June 12, 2025
New York Sen. Andrew Gunardes issued the following statement after his salary increase law passed the state Senate:
“Can I have my kids in a car that doesn’t have seat belts or airbags? Of course, isn’t it?
“New Yorkers want technology to make life better, not risking health and safety. With my salary increase law, AI requires the biggest companies to create safety plans, and it’s appropriate.”
background:
Artificial intelligence evolves faster than any technology in human history, promotes scientific advancement, develops life-changing medicines, unlocks new creative pathways, and automates mundane tasks. But the wrong moves pose devastating risks to humanity.
The International AI Safety Report, led by a panel of expert advisors, ultimately warned that, among other potential risks to public safety, AI systems that claim that “were led by a panel of expert advisors” would “lose control over large labor market impacts, AI-enabled hacking or biological attacks, and lose control over society.” The American AI model is used as part of Chinese citizen surveillance, fraud that occurs in Cambodia, and “global cybercrime networks.” Openai is “in the cusp” that can discover that the latest models can “help operational planning experts to replicate known biological threats” and can help beginners.
The Responsible AI Safety and Education (Raise) Act (S6953B/A6453B), sponsored by Andrew Gounardes and Congress member Alex Bores, requires the largest AI developers to develop safety plans that protect against automated crime, Bioweapons and other widespread harm and destruction.
Rays Act responds to these threats with common sense protection measures. law:
The largest AI companies are needed to publish safety and security protocols and risk assessments. These protocols cover serious risks such as assisting in the creation of biological weapons and committing automated criminal activity. Companies prohibit serious cases, such as whether dangerous AI models were stolen by malicious actors or behaving in dangerous ways, and prohibit the New York Attorney General from bringing civil punishment against these large AI companies.
Many major AI companies are voluntarily committed to creating safety plans, but there is no legal requirement for them to do so now. By writing these protections in the law, the Raise Act ensures that you are not encouraged to reduce corners or make a profit safely. The law applies only to the largest AI companies that have spent more than $100 million in computing resources to train advanced AI models, focusing on the most urgent and serious risks.
The Raise Act is a targeted, positive bill that produces safety standards and incident reports for the most powerful AI models, ensuring that New York is ahead of new threats without throttling innovation.
Press Contact:
Billy Richling
Communication Director
State Senator Andrew Gunardes
billy@senatorgounardes.nyc
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