The original headline is "Illinois Enacts Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act"

Short summary

Illinois has enacted the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, imposing governance, transparency, audit, and incident-reporting obligations on developers of frontier AI models with revenues exceeding $500 million. The law requires annual independent audits, public transparency reports, 72-hour incident reporting, whistleblower protections, and registration with state agencies starting January 2027. Penalties reach up to $3 million for subsequent violations, with enforcement by the Illinois Attorney General.

• •Act targets frontier model developers with >$500M annual revenue
• •Mandates governance frameworks, transparency reports, annual third-party audits, and 24-72 hour incident reporting
• •Effective Jan 2027 with substantive obligations beginning 2028; penalties up to $3M per violation

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