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December 13, 2025
Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill
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TL;DR
- More than 150 parents signed a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to sign the RAISE Act without changes.
- The RAISE Act requires developers of large AI models to create safety plans and report safety incidents.
- Governor Hochul has reportedly proposed significant changes to the bill that would favor tech companies.
- AI companies and industry groups have voiced strong opposition to the current version of the RAISE Act.
- Some parents signing the letter have stated they lost children to AI chatbots and social media harms.
- The bill, as passed, targets only the largest AI companies, requiring disclosure of major safety incidents and prohibiting the release of frontier models that pose an unreasonable risk of critical harm.
- The letter from parents criticizes Big Tech's opposition as a familiar pattern of avoiding responsibility for widespread damage, particularly to young people's mental health and well-being.
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