Here's everything you need to know about California's new AI bill and the fight to speed up or slow down AI that's spilling into politics.

SB 1047 is a California state bill that would make large AI model providers – such as Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral – liable for the potentially catastrophic dangers of their AI systems. The bill, authored by State Senator Scott Wiener, passed through California’s Senate in May, and cleared another major hurdle toward becoming law this week.