Mozilla, advocate for ‘openness’ in AI, calls on Gov. Newsom to veto regulation bill

Mozilla, a nonprofit tech company that advocates for open artificial intelligence models, has moved from raising concerns about the leading AI regulatory bill in California to calling for a veto now that the measure has passed the state legislature.

“Mozilla is a champion for both openness and trustworthiness in AI, and we are deeply concerned that SB 1047 would imperil both of those objectives,” the company said in an Aug. 29 statement after final passage of the “Safe and...