NY Gov. Hochul launches first state institute to independently test frontier AI, citing 'existential threats'
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-11-14
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said AI poses "existential threats" to society as she announced the first state-level institute in the US dedicated to independently testing frontier AI systems, marking a shift of frontier-model safety evaluation down to the state level.
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