https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/01/07/opinion-california-tech-companies-ai-infrastructure/

When California state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced the nation’s most ambitious AI safety bill last year, it became a flashpoint in the debate over how to govern artificial intelligence. Senate Bill 1047 caught the attention of tech billionaires, large corporations, Hollywood, researchers and the media for good reason — it aimed to establish some of the first guardrails for AI in America.

While much of the coverage centered around safety components of the bill, which was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the legislation advanced an important proposal that deserves continued attention. Hidden in the bill was “CalCompute,” a policy which would have established parts of the computing power driving AI development as a public resource, disrupting the lock tech giants have on this piece of technology.