A bill would eliminate existing bans on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfake pornography, and robocall scams.
On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom released a report warning that, without proper safeguards, powerful artificial intelligence (AI) could induce severe and “potentially irreversible harms.”
The 53-page AI policy report from leading academics came as U.S. President Donald Trump advanced legislation that would impose a 10-year moratorium on state laws protecting against AI misuse.
The proposed federal bill would eliminate California’s existing bans on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfake pornography, and robocall scams targeting elderly Americans.
“This moratorium would mean that even if a company deliberately designs an algorithm that causes foreseeable harm, the company making that bad tech would be unaccountable to lawmakers and the public,” warned the California report, citing opposition letters from more than 140 organizations.
Over 40 state attorneys general have joined the opposition, writing to Congressional leadership to express their concerns about leaving Americans vulnerable to AI-related threats.
Recent artificial intelligence safety concerns have intensified as leading companies report their models approaching dangerous capability thresholds.
OpenAI said in February that risk levels were “medium” across chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons categories, according to the California report.
Anthropic noted there is “substantial probability that our next model may require ASL-3 safeguards” for systems that could help individuals create weapons of mass destruction.
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teleSUR/JF, June 18, 2025
ORIGINAL SOURCE: XinhuaNet News North America
