New York launched a statewide AI safety research effort based at Binghamton University on November 10, with plans to connect more than 80 researchers from colleges and research institutions to enhance New York AI safety.

The New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research will independently test advanced AI systems and develop ways to assess their safety and security, contributing to the overarching goal of New York AI safety, according to Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement.

Greg Morrisett of Cornell Tech and Jeannette Wing of Columbia University will serve as interim co-directors. Researchers will remain at their home institutions, using computing resources from Empire AI to further New York AI safety initiatives.

The announcement expands work first outlined in January. It does not establish that the center has completed safety testing or made any particular system safe.

Registration portal also opens

The governor also announced a state portal for large frontier AI developers, which must register by January 1, 2027. The release describes additional safety-framework, incident-reporting and transparency obligations under the RAISE Act. These requirements concern covered developers, not ordinary New Yorkers using an AI application.

Source: Governor’s November 10 announcement. This summary does not independently assess compliance or reproduce the full law.