California Labor Code

§ 1107

LAB § 1107 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 2 · Part 3 · Ch. 5.1

Statute text

For purposes of this chapter:

(a)(1) “Catastrophic risk” means a foreseeable and material risk that a frontier developer’s development, storage, use, or deployment of a foundation model will materially contribute to the death of, or serious injury to, more than 50 people or more than one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in damage to, or loss of, property arising from a single incident involving a foundation model doing any of the following:

(A)Providing expert-level assistance in the creation or release of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (SB 53) Effective January 1, 2026.