Tech and business interests are lobbying against efforts to give the California Privacy Protection Agency additional oversight of artificial intelligence policy within the state.
Their campaign started in opposition of the agency’s rulemaking on protecting data in automated technology, and expanded now to concerns over a new bill that would allow the CPPA to create cybersecurity rules for AI.
The legislation (SB 468) would require businesses using high-risk AI systems to implement a comprehensive information security program. Supporters of the bill point to recent incidents, such as cyberattacks on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and chatbots that divulge personal ...