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Sep 29, 2024
Accountable Tech Statement on Gov. Newsom’s Veto of California’s Landmark AI Safety Bill

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047) — a landmark bill that would have implemented crucial guardrails around AI development, including requiring pre-deployment safety testing and third-party auditing. The bill passed the State Legislature with broad bipartisan support but was opposed by Big Tech companies including Meta, OpenAI, and Google.

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Aug 09, 2024
40 Civil Society Orgs Demand Big Tech Take Action to Prevent Deepfakes from Harming Democracy

A new joint letter from dozens of civil society organizations, including watchdog Accountable Tech, calls for social media companies to implement safeguards against the rampant spread of political deepfakes.

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May 15, 2024
Accountable Tech Statement on Senator Schumer’s AI Roadmap

Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement on Senator Schumer’s AI roadmap.

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Feb 16, 2024
Accountable Tech on New Big Tech “Accord” to Address AI Election Content

Digital ad buy and accompanying “Broken Promises Report” highlights examples of tech CEOs calling for self-regulation before defying their own rules.

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Oct 30, 2023
Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order on AI

We applaud President Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence for its commitment to protecting the safety and well-being of people in the face of rapid AI development and deployment.

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Sep 12, 2023
Ahead of Hearings on AI, Accountable Tech Reminds Senators of Broken Promises from Big Tech

Today, Accountable Tech launched a digital ad buy and a new report highlighting Big Tech’s alarming history of making and then breaking their own public commitments on privacy and safety.

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Aug 10, 2023
Accountable Tech, AI Now, EPIC Release Zero Trust AI Governance Framework

With Big Tech jockeying to secure a new era of self-regulation amid the AI arms race, leading civil society organizations Accountable Tech, AI Now Institute, and EPIC jointly released a new “Zero Trust AI Governance” framework Thursday.

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Jul 21, 2023
Statement on Big Tech Companies’ Commitment to Voluntary AI Safeguards

At a moment when policymakers are racing the clock to harness the potential and curb the dangers of AI, we applaud the Biden Administration for its leadership in bringing the largest AI companies together around a set of basic voluntary safeguards.

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