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The practice of independent parties assessing AI systems and models against stated requirements, and the accreditation regimes that decide who may do it.
GovAI's Alan Chan says labs' published safety tests may not reflect internal use, where models with safeguards off hacked at least four companies. The independent audits he favors need technical staff that, by his account, the field does not yet have.
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California's under-16 feed ban starts on January 1, 2027, and the cheapest way to comply is an age signal built from a birth date the user typed at device setup. The EFF expects platforms to verify every adult instead.
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Matt Wilson's AI agents represent close to half a million professionals to around 5,000 companies, and the bias experiment he cites as the reason to trust audited screening sits in his own company's white paper.
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Newsom's executive order sets a deadline for recommending the shutdown capability he vetoed in 2024, and the two audit laws he signed last week already give the state the inspectors such a rule would need.
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Wired reports the FINRA-style oversight framework has sat in limbo since executives called Trump in August. Product teams are left with an embedded-auditor bill and no House voting days before the midterms.
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Two now-signed California laws build a registry and a qualifications framework for AI auditors ahead of a 2029 deadline. The audit itself stays voluntary, and what it measures is left to whichever firm sells it.
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Newsom signed AB 1405 on September 9, giving California's Government Operations Agency until 2029 to publish a registry of AI auditors, complete with registration numbers, annual fees and independence rules for anyone selling a covered audit.
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Newsom signed two bills on September 9 creating independent verification organizations for AI systems and a state registry of auditors with standards for their independence. Vendors now have a defined party to satisfy.
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