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New York is preparing to enforce its RAISE Act, a major AI safety law, on large frontier developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic, which must register by January 1, 2027. Companies that fail to comply could face fines of up to $1 million for one violation and $3 million for subsequent violations, TechCrunch reported on November 10, 2026. The law applies to developers with more than $500 million in annual revenue, who must publish safety frameworks, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours and issue public model transparency reports. A new office, DIGIT, will implement the law and oversee these labs, and the state opened a registration portal on Tuesday. A spokesperson declined to give specifics on how the state would bring enforcement actions against companies that fail to register. Governor Kathy Hochul also launched the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research at Binghamton University, which will independently evaluate advanced AI systems and work with DIGIT. Hochul criticised tech leaders for treating their vision of AI as inevitable.