Editing Lawrence Lessig (section)

=== Artificial intelligence ===
Lessig came out in favor of a "right to warn" proposed by former [[OpenAI]] employees that would protect their right to warn the public of the [[Existential risk from artificial general intelligence|catastrophic risks of AI]]. Lessig also agreed to work pro bono in defense of the whistleblowers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lessig |first=Lawrence |date=2024-06-06 |title=Opinion: The risks of AI could be catastrophic. We should empower company workers to warn us |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/06/opinions/artificial-intelligence-risks-chat-gpt-lessig/index.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samuel |first=Sigal |date=2024-06-05 |title=OpenAI insiders are demanding a "right to warn" the public |url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/353933/openai-open-letter-safety-whistleblowers-right-to-warn |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref>

In August 2024, Lessig co-authored a letter alongside AI researchers [[Yoshua Bengio]], [[Geoffrey Hinton]], and [[Stuart J. Russell|Stuart Russell]] in favor of [[Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act|SB 1047]], a California AI safety bill that would require companies training the most powerful models to perform risk assessments on their models before release. The letter argued that the bill would be a first step towards mitigating the severe risks posed by AI, and "the bare minimum for effective regulation of this technology". Lessig said that [[Gavin Newsom]], the Governor of California, would have the opportunity to "cement California as a national first-mover in regulating AI."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Pillay |first1=Tharin |last2=Booth |first2=Harry |date=2024-08-07 |title=Exclusive: Renowned Experts Pen Support for California's Landmark AI Safety Bill |url=https://time.com/7008947/california-ai-bill-letter/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=California's AI bill is sparking fierce debate in Silicon Valley |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/08/14/california-s-ai-bill-headed-sparking-fierce-debate-silicon-valley |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=The Drum}}</ref>