SIIA: State moves on frontier model regulation must spur Congress to act

California’s enactment of new transparency requirements for artificial intelligence frontier models should compel Congress to act quickly on a federal standard before copycat laws advance across the states and create a patchwork of rules, according to the Software & Information Industry Association.

“By signing TFAIA [the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act] into law, Governor Newsom has given Congress a golden opportunity to advance a unified, national framework for frontier model oversight and risk management and to clarify the lines...