OpenAI Asks California to Strengthen SB 53, Wants Frontier-Training Monitoring After AI Agent Hacks

OpenAI is telling California lawmakers to amend SB 53 — the state's Frontier AI Transparency Act — to expand safeguards, including requiring monitoring of frontier models while still in training, in response to recent AI agent hacking incidents, Politico reports. The proposal comes as the January 2026 law's incident-reporting regime settles in and OpenAI positions itself as pro-regulation ahead of its IPO.