More than 150 parents have urged New York Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act into law without amendments. The bill, which passed unanimously in both the New York State Senate and Assembly in June, would impose safety and transparency requirements on developers of large AI systems, including Meta, OpenAI, Google, Deepseek, and others. Under the RAISE Act, companies investing heavily in frontier AI—defined as those spending hundreds of millions annually—would be required to develop and submit detailed safety plans, report significant safety incidents to the state attorney general, and disclose risks associated with their models. The legislation prohibits the release of a frontier AI model if it poses an unreasonable risk of critical harm, including scenarios involving the death or serious injury of 100 or more people, or damages exceeding $1 billion related to weapons of mass destruction. It also bans deployment of AI systems that operate without meaningful human oversight and could commit crimes if carried out by humans. The parents’ letter, coordinated by the advocacy groups ParentsTogether Action and the Tech Oversight Project, underscores personal stakes: several signatories shared that their children have suffered harm due to interactions with AI chatbots or algorithm-driven social media platforms. They described the RAISE Act as “minimalist guardrails” that represent a necessary first step toward accountability. The letter criticized Hochul’s reported proposal to substantially rewrite the bill in favor of tech companies—a move reminiscent of California’s SB 53, which underwent significant revisions after intense lobbying by AI firms. The AI Alliance, a coalition including Meta, IBM, Intel, Oracle, AMD, Snowflake, Uber, Databricks, and Hugging Face, previously labeled the RAISE Act “unworkable.” Meanwhile, Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC backed by Perplexity AI, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, has launched targeted advertising campaigns against Assemblymember Alex Bores, the bill’s co-sponsor. The parents’ letter warned that the tech industry’s resistance echoes past patterns of evasion seen when social media platforms were rolled out without transparency or oversight. “Widespread damage to young people—including to their mental health, emotional stability, and ability to function in school—has been widely documented,” the letter states. “We’ve seen this before: when companies prioritize growth over safety, the consequences are devastating.” They argue that the current version of the RAISE Act strikes a balanced, enforceable approach that protects children while supporting innovation.