By a 2:1 margin, California voters prefer Gov. Gavin Newson’s statement about addressing AI safety concerns over expressing concern about creating a chilling effect on AI innovation, a new Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute (AIPI) poll shows
As opponents angle for Governor Newsom to veto the bill, 65% of California voters say they would put at least partial responsibility on Governor Newsom for an AI-enabled catastrophe should he strike the bill down
In a test of Vice President Harris’s existing comments on AI, 63% of voters most prefer a message about ensuring AI is adopted and regulated in a way that fosters cooperation across sectors, minimizes harm and maximizes benefit.
Amid pushback from major AI companies, a strong majority of California voters support the bill as is and believe that the bill should not be less aggressive
An overwhelming majority of California voters, including those working in the tech industry, support Senate Bill 1047, which would require advanced AI companies to conduct safety tests and create liability for catastrophic harm, according to a new poll by the Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute (AIPI).
An overwhelming majority of American voters prefer regulation that mandates safety testing of frontier AI systems and government oversight to certify new AI models, while 24% prefer a non-restrictive approach.
Just 13% of voters support Meta open sourcing its new AI model Llama 3 and about three-quarters of them believe Meta should create a responsible scaling policy.
After being shown videos of the GPT-4o demos and being informed of the disbanding of OpenAI's safety team, 52% of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of OpenAI. That compares to the 54% who hold a favorable view of Microsoft and 61% who hold a favorable view of Google.