As Trump moves to decimate state AI laws, Governor Newsom taps the nation’s top experts for groundbreaking AI report

In September 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom requested that Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Dr. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Dr. Jennifer Tour Chayes, Dean of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, prepare a report focused on artificial intelligence (AI) frontier models. In March 2025, a draft report was shared for feedback. The Working Group deeply appreciates the individuals and organizations from numerous disciplines and sectors who participated by sharing valuable insights, references, and suggestions, including, in some cases, by making their responses public to contribute to the broader discourse.

On June 17, 2025, the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models published the final report, California Report on Frontier AI Policy. This report leverages broad evidence—including empirical research, historical analysis, and modeling and simulations—to provide a framework for policymaking on the frontier of AI development. Building on this multidisciplinary approach, this report derives policy principles that can inform how California approaches the use, assessment, and governance of frontier AI—principles rooted in an ethos of “trust but verify.” This approach takes into account the importance of innovation while establishing appropriate strategies to reduce material risks.

Please click here to read the full report and the press article.

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