Artificial intelligence program: Attorney General.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included information about the Clean Cars 4 All Program which is not directly related to the Attorney General's AI program and was removed.

Artificial Intelligence Program for California's Attorney General

This law requires the Attorney General to create a program that builds knowledge about artificial intelligence and reports on its impacts every year.

What This Bill Does

• The Attorney General must start a program to learn more about how artificial intelligence works, what risks it has, and how it affects laws and people's rights.
• Each year starting July 1, 2027, the Attorney General will write a report for lawmakers about this program and suggest ways to keep track of or protect against AI.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Attorney General
• Lawmakers in the state legislature

Terms To Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A type of computer technology that can do tasks usually done by humans, like learning from data or making decisions.

Attorney General

The top lawyer for a state who gives legal advice and enforces laws.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill does not say how much money will be used to create the AI program.
• It is unclear if this bill has been signed into law yet or what actions are needed next after it passed both chambers of the legislature.

Official Summary Text

SB 69, as amended, McNerney.
Clean Cars 4 All Program.
Artificial intelligence program: Attorney General.
Existing law generally regulates artificial intelligence, including by requiring the Office of Emergency Services to, as appropriate, perform a risk analysis of potential threats posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence to California’s critical infrastructure, including those that could lead to mass casualty events.
This bill would require the Attorney General to establish and maintain a specified program to build internal expertise in artificial intelligence, including its applications, risks, regulatory implications, and civil rights impacts. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General to
submit a public report to the Legislature describing the program, key developments in artificial intelligence law and policy, and recommendations for additional state oversight or safeguards.
Existing law establishes the Clean Cars 4 All Program, which is administered by the State Air Resources Board, to focus on achieving reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, improvements in air quality, and benefits to low-income state residents through the replacement of high-polluter motor vehicles with cleaner and more efficient motor vehicles or a mobility option. Under existing law, the distribution of incentives under the program is implemented in air pollution control and air quality management districts that choose to participate in the program and through a statewide program. Existing law requires the state board to consider certain metrics in allocating funding under the program to participating air districts and to the statewide program.
This bill would authorize a participating air district to submit a disbursement request
to the state board for an amount equal to its previous 4 months of expenditures under the program if it determines that its balance of available funding for the program is less than the total amount of its expenditures under the program over the previous 4 months. If there are sufficient funds available from funds allocated to the program to cover the amount in the disbursement request while retaining a specified reserve, the bill would require the state board to issue the requested amount of funding to the air district within 60 days of the submittal of the disbursement request.

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