Video, Audio & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul Discusses Keeping AI Developers Accountable

Governor Kathy Hochul today emphasized keeping AI developers accountable for their safety and transparency protocols through her nation-leading RAISE Act alongside her one-year hyperscale data center moratorium.

VIDEO: The event is available to stream on YouTube here and TV quality video is available here (h.264, mp4).

AUDIO: The Governor's remarks are available in audio form here.

A rush transcript of the Governor's remarks is available below:

I want to just address the fact that we've been hearing a lot over the last few days about the dire warnings associated with artificial intelligence. Headlines predicting that AI will kill us all in the next decade. Understandably, Americans are concerned, as am I. But when people are building the most powerful AI systems in the world, they're sounding the alarm, you would think Washington would listen and respond.

But of course, the Trump administration absolutely refuses to do that. I believe we have an obligation to ensure that technological progress does not come at our own peril. So while Washington refuses to act, here in New York, we're steppin...