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Hollywood is coming out in force for California’s AI safety bill

SAG-AFTRA has emerged as a major AI regulation voice.

On Tuesday afternoon, Astin published a detailed personal letter he just sent to Newsom, writing that SB 1047 is still required “because it is the only bill that seeks to regulate the largest of the large language models and computer clusters used by giant tech companies.” The Lord of the Rings star also mentions his recently earned master’s degree in public administration. SAG-AFTRA board member Jason Winston George, a TV star on Grey’s Anatomy, told TheVerge that he’s “a huge Gavin Newsom fan” and is “incredibly thankful” the governor signed two union-backed bills. George brought up Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which won Best Picture for its portrayal of the “father of the atomic bomb,” likening the anguished physicist to Geoffrey Hinton, the pioneer of deep learning who famously resigned from Google to speak freely about the risks of the technology he shaped.

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