New York has taken a significant step toward becoming America’s first state to establish legally mandated transparency standards for frontier artificial intelligence systems. The Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act), which aims to prevent AI-fueled disasters while balancing innovation concerns that doomed similar efforts in other states, passed both chambers of the New York State Legislature in June 2025, and is now headed for New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk, where she could either sign the bill into law, send it back for amendments, or veto it altogether.