New York Opens RAISE Act Portal Ahead of Jan. 1 Safety Law Start

New York opened a registration portal Tuesday, Nov. 10, for frontier AI developers covered by the RAISE Act, giving companies including OpenAI and Anthropic until Jan. 1, 2027, to register before the law takes effect.

The law covers large frontier developers, described as companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue. Those companies must publish safety frameworks. The law also requires covered large frontier developers to issue public model-transparency reports and report critical safety incidents.

Incident reports generally must be filed within 72 hours.

The Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity, and Trust (DIGIT) will implement the law and oversee developers. New York can bring enforcement actions against companies that fail to register. Specified violations can carry penalties of up to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for subsequent violations.

Gov. Kathy Hochul first announced the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research in January, with $55 million in donations and capital. Based at Binghamton University, the center is to independently evaluate advanced AI systems and work with DIGIT to review companies’ safety frameworks.

California’s SB 53 took effect in January 2026. It requires frontier AI labs to publish safety frameworks, provide whistleblower protections and report critical safety incidents within 15 days.

The RAISE Act takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.