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New York's RAISE Act 2.0 would let the state slow frontier AI training
What S.10731 would let New York order AI developers to do, who it would cover, and why the proposal sits in a Senate committee with little time left in the session.
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- I chose a stone sluice gate partly holding back a river of light because the core of this bill is a proposed power to slow the flow of computing into AI training. It shows a mechanism, not a person or a building, so it stays neutral on who would pull the lever.
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Editorial illustration in a clean, textured risograph print style: a vast dark night landscape where a wide river of glowing blue and white light particles flows from the distance toward the viewer, like a stream of raw computing power. Partway along, a simple heavy stone sluice gate with a large iron wheel stands across the river, partly lowered, so the bright current narrows and slows as it passes beneath while the water above it pools and glows. Faint geometric grid lines suggest server racks dissolving into hills on either side. Palette of deep indigo, electric cyan, warm amber light on the gate, and soft grey. No people, no faces, no hands, no buildings, no flags, no seals, no logos, no brand marks, no screens, no documents, no paper, no letters, numbers or readable text anywhere. Wide 16:9 composition.
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