Tyler Bridegan Discusses Implications of California’s New AI Law Cybersecurity Law Report Article

Womble Bond Dickinson partner Tyler Bridegan recently discussed the implications of California’s new AI transparency law, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), in an article published by Cybersecurity Law Report. Taking effect on January 1, 2026, the law will require large-scale “frontier” AI models to implement safety protocols and share information about their products, with the goal of outlining the models’ potential to risk that could result in critical safety incidents. The law is the first of its kind in the United States.

In the first of a two-part article series, Bridegan and other industry leaders discuss the implications of the law, which will apply to a ‘narrow but expanding group of frontier developers’.  

“By and large the vast majority of AI companies will not have to comply with the TFAIA in the immediate term,” agreed Tyler Bridegan, a partner at Womble Bond Dickinson and the former Director of Privacy and Technology Enforcement for the Texas AG’s Office.

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