California Voted on 30+ AI Bills Yesterday
AI First Pod · Aug 14, 2026 · 4:49
AI First Pod · Aug 14, 2026 · 4:49
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California's suspense hearings advanced SB 813 — a permanent AI Safety Commission with ongoing rulemaking power — alongside companion chatbot toy bans and unanimous mental health therapy AI protections. We cover the results, OpenAI's ballot initiative move to bypass the legislature on chatbot regulation, and the OpenAI S-1 tracking to late August with numbers that will be a hard story against Anthropic.
