Definition
A legal requirement, now enacted in states like Illinois (following California and New York), forcing developers of the most powerful AI models to disclose safety incidents and undergo independent audits, with legal protection for employees who report concerns. It effectively creates a mandatory 'black box recorder' obligation for cutting-edge AI development.
Why it matters
With federal AI legislation stalled, a patchwork of state incident-reporting laws is becoming the de facto national compliance floor — companies that build or deploy frontier models must now track multiple overlapping disclosure regimes or face enforcement.