New York Opens RAISE Act Registration: OpenAI and Anthropic Must Sign Up by January 1, 2027

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New York has started the clock on the country's strictest frontier AI safety law. On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul opened the RAISE Act registration portal, giving the largest AI developers — including OpenAI and Anthropic — until January 1, 2027, to register with the state or face enforcement action. Companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue must publish safety frameworks, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours, and issue public transparency reports for their models. Fines run up to $1 million for a first violation and $3 million for each one after that.

The Short Answer

New York opened RAISE Act registration on November 10, 2026, and large frontier AI developers must register by January 1, 2027, when the law takes effect. The Responsible AI Safety and Education Act covers developers with more than $500 million in annual gross revenue whose models were trained with more than 10^26 operations. They must publish safety frameworks on their websites, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours — 24 hours when there is an imminent risk of death or serious injury — and publish transparency reports for their models. A new state office, the Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity, and Trust (DIGIT), will enforce the law.

What the RAISE Act Requires

The RAISE Act was signed by Governor Hochul on December 19, 2025, and amended on March 27, 2026, to bring it closer to California's frontier AI law. It targets "large frontier developers" — a category that currently captures companies at the scale of OpenAI and Anthropic. Both conditions must be met: the company, counting affiliates on a consolidated basis, had more than $500 million in total revenue in the previous calendar year, and it owns foundation models trained with more than 10^26 integer or floating-point operations, including later fine-tuning and reinforcement learning. The law covers frontier models developed, deployed, or operating wholly or partly in New York.

The safety duties are built around catastrophic risk, defined as a foreseeable and material risk of more than 50 deaths or serious injuries, or more than $1 billion in property damage or loss, from a single incident involving specified weapons assistance, qualifying autonomous conduct, or evasion of developer or user control. Covered developers must register through the new RAISE Portal, publish their safety frameworks publicly, notify the state of critical safety incidents within 72 hours, and release public model transparency reports.

A New Regulator — and a New Research Center

Oversight sits with DIGIT, the newly formed Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity, and Trust, inside the Department of Financial Services. The office will implement the law and oversee the labs it covers. Hochul paired the rollout with the launch of the New York Center for AI Responsibility and Research, based at State University of New York's Binghamton University. She first announced the center on January 21, 2026, backed by a $30 million philanthropic gift from donors led by Tom Secunda and a $25 million SUNY research capital investment. The center will review the frameworks and data that labs make publicly accessible — though, as Engadget noted, unreleased internal frontier models remain outside its direct reach.

One wrinkle: as of an October 9, 2026, analysis by the Pillsbury law firm, DIGIT had not yet issued specific filing forms, fee standards, or incident-determination guidance, and the Department of Financial Services had only said registration would "begin in November 2026" without an exact date. The November 10 portal opening resolves that uncertainty — the window is now open, and the January 1, 2027, deadline is roughly seven weeks away.

Part of a Growing State-by-State Patchwork

New York is not acting alone. California's Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53) took effect on January 1, 2026, and the amended RAISE Act follows it closely. Illinois' SB 315 also takes effect at the start of 2027. Together, the state laws are building a patchwork of AI safety rules in the absence of a federal framework — and the biggest labs now face overlapping registration, reporting, and transparency duties in multiple states at once.

The timing adds pressure. Anthropic priced its IPO at $70–$78 a share on November 10 — the same day the RAISE portal opened — and its own S-1 filing warns that AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks." The company also launched Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 on November 9. For OpenAI and Anthropic, the RAISE Act turns the safety frameworks they already publish voluntarily into a legal obligation with real penalties. You can follow the latest AI regulation and safety news as the January 1 deadline approaches.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is New York's RAISE Act?

The Responsible AI Safety and Education Act is New York's frontier AI safety and transparency law. It requires large AI developers to register with the state, publish safety frameworks, report critical safety incidents within 72 hours, and issue public model transparency reports. It takes effect January 1, 2027.

Which companies must register under the RAISE Act?

"Large frontier developers" — companies that, together with their affiliates, had more than $500 million in annual gross revenue in the preceding calendar year, and that own foundation models trained with more than 10^26 operations. That currently captures companies at the scale of OpenAI and Anthropic.

What is the RAISE Act registration deadline?

Developers must register through the state's RAISE Portal by January 1, 2027, the day the law takes effect. The portal opened on November 10, 2026, giving companies roughly seven weeks to get on record.

What are the penalties for violating the RAISE Act?

Violations carry penalties of up to $1 million for a first offense and up to $3 million for subsequent violations. The state can also pursue enforcement action against companies that fail to register or report.

Who enforces the RAISE Act?

The newly formed Office of Digital Innovation, Governance, Integrity, and Trust (DIGIT), inside the New York State Department of Financial Services, will implement the law and oversee the covered labs.

How does the RAISE Act compare to California's AI law?

The amended RAISE Act follows California's Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53) closely — SB 53 took effect January 1, 2026. Illinois' SB 315 also takes effect at the start of 2027, creating a growing state-by-state patchwork of AI safety rules.

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