New York opens RAISE Act registration, putting OpenAI and Anthropic under state AI safety oversight

New York opened a registration portal Tuesday under its RAISE Act, requiring large frontier AI developers, those with more than $500 million in annual revenue such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to register with the state by Jan. 1, 2027, when the law takes effect. Covered companies must publish safety frameworks, issue model transparency reports and report critical safety incidents within 72 hours, with fines of up to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for subsequent ones. The new Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity and Trust (DIGIT) within the Department of Financial Services will enforce the law. Gov. Kathy Hochul also launched the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research at Binghamton University to independently evaluate advanced AI systems and review companies' safety frameworks.