New York has opened the registration portal for its RAISE Act, bringing large frontier AI developers under a new state safety and transparency regime. Companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue must register by January 1, 2027, when the law takes effect.
Covered developers must publish safety frameworks, release model transparency reports and notify the state of critical safety incidents within 72 hours. A new Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity, and Trust will oversee compliance. Penalties can reach $1 million for an initial violation and $3 million for later violations.
The state also launched an AI responsibility and research center at Binghamton University to independently evaluate advanced systems and review company frameworks. New York joins California and Illinois in imposing state-level requirements on frontier labs, though deadlines and reporting rules differ. For OpenAI, Anthropic and other covered companies, the immediate consequence is operational: safety practices that were often voluntary or privately documented must now be registered, published and connected to a formal incident-reporting process.