Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs SB 315, a bill requiring annual third-party safety audits of leading AI companies; OpenAI and Anthropic backed the bill (Adam Harrington/CBS News)
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- JB Pritzker on Monday signed SB 315, enacting legislation that requires annual third-party safety audits of leading AI companies operating in Illinois.
- OpenAI and Anthropic publicly backed SB 315 before its signing, putting the two highest-profile AI labs on record as supporters of a state-level audit regime aimed at their own industry.
Why it matters: Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to mandate annual third-party safety audits of leading AI companies, and the endorsements from OpenAI and Anthropic remove the industry's typical 'regulation stifles innovation' objection before the bill even takes effect.
