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New York finalises RAISE Act, aligning frontier AI law closely with California

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Governor Kathy Hochul signed a chapter amendment to the RAISE Act (first signed 19 December 2025), recasting it around published frontier AI frameworks and pre-deployment transparency reports like California's SB 53. It keeps stricter points: critical safety incidents must be reported within 72 hours to a new office in the Department of Financial Services, penalties reach $1m for a first violation and $3m thereafter, and it takes effect on 1 January 2027.

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With the two largest tech states now on near-matching regimes, frontier labs face a de facto US transparency standard despite federal pressure to pre-empt state AI laws.

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