JB Pritzker
Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker is an American politician, businessman, and philanthropist serving as the 43rd Governor of Illinois, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party and heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, he was reelected in 2022 and is currently seeking a third term in 2026. During his tenure, he has focused on economic development, fiscal stabilization, infrastructure investment, and progressive social policies including reproductive rights protections and an assault weapons ban.
“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill requiring large AI developers to publish safety frameworks, measure catastrophic risks, report incidents, and use third-party auditors, as states move to regulate frontier models in the absence of federal standards.”
Source→“"Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation modeled on recent New York and California laws to hold AI companies accountable, arguing that states must fill the gap left by the absence of a federal standard."”
Source→“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, meanwhile, is poised to sign a major AI safety bill into law.”
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