CaliforniaCaliforniaExecutive orderN-12-23
Executive Order N-12-23 on Generative Artificial Intelligence
Directs state agencies to study the benefits and risks of generative AI, issue guidelines for its procurement, use and required training in state government, and set up sandboxes to pilot GenAI projects.
Signed by Governor Gavin NewsomSep 6, 2023 3 years ago
- Body
- Governor of California
- Session
- 2023
- Introduced
- Sep 6, 2023
- In effect since
- Sep 6, 20233 years ago
- Sponsors
- D (Democrat)Democrat
Timeline
Sep 6, 2023 3 years ago
Sponsors
- D (Democrat)Governor Gavin Newsom
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