Two competing bills have been introduced in Massachusetts to impose security and transparency requirements on large-scale AI developers. The House bill H5527 targets companies generating more than 500 million dollars in annual AI-derived revenue or spending over one billion dollars in research and development, requiring independent safety evaluations and third-party reviews. The Senate bill S.3178 takes a narrower approach by focusing on publishing security frameworks and allocates 75 million dollars for AI development. Anthropic endorsed the stricter House text while OpenAI supported the Senate bill, creating a confrontation between two major industry players. No final law had been enacted by mid-August 2026.
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