Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1B in damages
Anthropic backs a bill letting Commerce block AI models only at 50 deaths or $1 billion in risk.
Anthropic is lobbying for a federal AI safety bill drawn from its Advanced AI Framework. An independent third party registered with the Department of Commerce would periodically evaluate labs and models, and the government could block a release only if a model risks $1 billion in damages or killing or injuring more than 50 people. Labs may pay those evaluators if the payment does not compromise independence. Anthropic says it has urged federal and state lawmakers to adopt the proposals since June.
- Government could block a model only at a risk of 50 deaths or injuries, or $1 billion in damages.
- An independent evaluator registered with Commerce would periodically review labs and models.
- Labs may pay evaluators only if payment does not affect independence.
- Anthropic says the text matches its Advanced AI Framework, pushed since June.
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Anthropic is quietly lobbying for an AI safety bill that will allow the government to block an AI model’s release only if it poses a risk of causing $1 billion in damages or killing or injuring more than 50 people. According to Politico, an independent third party registered with the Department of Commerce would periodically evaluate the lab and its AI models. It also noted that the lab may pay the evaluators, but only if the payment does not affect their independence.
“This bill represents the proposals outlined in Anthropic’s Advanced AI Framework, which we have been advocating for with federal and state lawmakers since June,” an Anthropic spokesperson told the publication. “These are sensible policies we believe Congress should act on.”
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