How to Comply with Model Inventory — CA Frontier AI Safety
SB 53 · CA · Effective Jan 1, 2026
In effectMaintain an inventory of covered frontier AI models.
Implementation steps
- Identify models that meet the law's definition of frontier AI.
- Maintain a registry (name, version, use, training compute).
- Update when new models are deployed or retired.
Evidence needed
- Model inventory or registry
Passing criteria
- All covered models listed
- Kept current
Penalties: Up to $1M per violation. Enforced by Attorney General.
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