Anthropic has been privately pitching lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, POLITICO reported Friday. The outlet cited three people familiar with the effort and obtained a copy of the confidential draft.
An Anthropic spokesperson told POLITICO the bill reflects the company’s Advanced AI Framework, which it has promoted to lawmakers since June. The spokesperson called its proposals “sensible policies” for Congress.
What the bill would do
The draft sets a high bar for government action. According to POLITICO, federal officials could stop a model from launching or being used only if it poses “a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people.” The danger would also have to come from one of three sources: a bioweapon, a model slipping out of its developer’s control, or a cyberattack. The language closely follows California’s SB 53.
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