New York opens registration under RAISE AI safety law; OpenAI and Anthropic must register by January 1

New York opened a registration portal on November 10 under the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act. Large frontier AI developers must register with the state by January 1, 2027, when the law takes effect; violators face fines of up to $3 million.

Which companies are covered

The law applies to large frontier model developers with more than $500 million in annual revenue, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. It will be enforced by the newly created Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity, and Trust (DIGIT) inside the Department of Financial Services, whose deputy director for the RAISE Act, Marc Gilman, has been appointed.

What developers must do

Covered companies must publish safety frameworks on their websites, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours, issue public model transparency reports and file regular assessments of catastrophic risk. They must also file a disclosure statement at least every two years and pay assessments. Penalties run to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for subsequent violations.

States fill the federal vacuum

New York follows California, whose SB 53 took effect on January 1, 2026, and Illinois, whose SB 315 takes effect on the same day as the RAISE Act, in using state law to regulate frontier AI. The state has also set up the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research (NYCAIRR) at Binghamton University (SUNY), seeded with $55 million to independently verify the safety of AI systems. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a separate chatbot safety law for minors in October, which takes effect on June 1, 2027.

(Sources: TechCrunch, November 10, 2026; New York State announcement, September 21, 2026; photo is a file image of the New York State Capitol.)