A 6453 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the training and use of artificial intelligence frontier models

This bill, the "Responsible AI Safety and Education Act" (RAISE Act), regulates large artificial intelligence (AI) developers who train or use "frontier models" - defined as models requiring over $100 million in computing costs or 10^26 computational operations. It directly affects commercial AI companies (excluding academic researchers) by requiring them to implement safety protocols, conduct risk testing, and report incidents like unauthorized model access or misuse. Key provisions mandate documented safety measures to prevent "critical harm" (defined as serious injury to 100+ people or $1 billion+ in property damage), with remedies for violations. The law also creates specific definitions for terms like "frontier model," "safety incident," and "knowledge distillation" (modified AI models), ensuring clarity for compliance.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Jun 12, 2025
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A6453A A6453B · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to add new committee members and reorganize the article structure. Key substantive changes include expanding the definition of 'frontier models' to include knowledge-distilled models with compute costs over $5 million, modifying the 'critical harm' threshold to remove 'creation' of frontier models and change 'limited' human intervention to 'no meaningful' human intervention, and updating the 'compute cost' definition to specify costs from the final training run.
Scope change
The bill now applies to a broader range of AI models by including knowledge-distilled versions of frontier models that meet specific compute cost thresholds.
DEFINITION

Added a new provision to the 'frontier model' definition requiring knowledge-distilled models to exceed $5 million in compute costs to qualify.

Changed 'critical harm' definition to remove 'creation' of frontier models as a trigger and updated human intervention threshold from 'limited' to 'no meaningful'.

Updated 'compute cost' definition to specify costs from the final training run rather than the start of training.

SCOPE

Added five new committee members (Wright, Simon, Dais, Jensen, Rozic, Gonzalez-Rojas) to the bill's legislative process.

STRUCTURE

Removed sections on employee protections, rights, and obligations (1422-1426) and renumbered remaining sections.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Jun 12, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 6453B
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
lower
May 29, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 6453A
lower
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
lower
1 primary · 47 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Alex Bores
Alex Bores
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
73
Co
Photo of Al Stirpe
Al Stirpe
DDemocratic
NY
127
Co
Photo of Alicia Hyndman
Alicia Hyndman
DDemocratic
NY
29
Co
Photo of Amy Paulin
Amy Paulin
DDemocratic
NY
88
Co
Photo of Andrew Hevesi
Andrew Hevesi
DDemocratic
NY
28
Co
Photo of Anna Kelles
Anna Kelles
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
125
Co
Photo of Aron Wieder
Aron Wieder
DDemocratic
NY
97
Co
Photo of Bill Conrad
Bill Conrad
DDemocratic/Independence/Working Families
NY
140
Co
Photo of Brian Cunningham
Brian Cunningham
DDemocratic
NY
43
Co
Photo of Catalina Cruz
Catalina Cruz
DDemocratic
NY
39
Co
Photo of David Weprin
David Weprin
DDemocratic
NY
24