SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

This week on California Politics 360, Open AI's head of U.S. Public Policy Mark Chan joined the program to discuss the impacts of the state's new law setting transparency and safety regulations for AI companies.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 53 , which sets the regulations and public disclosure requirements around the protocols AI companies have to prevent and respond to catastrophe risks.

(Video below: California's new AI safety law explained.)

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is one of the largest AI companies in the world and will be impacted by the new law.

"We're really pleased that the bill, as it turned out, actually creates a pathway for harmonization towards federal and state government oversight," Chan said. "A pathway to harmonization where there can be a

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