Anthropic Pitches Draft AI Safety Bill to US Lawmakers Limiting Model Blocks

Representatives for Anthropic quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a confidential draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, according to three people familiar with the matter cited by Politico. Under the draft proposal, the US government could block an advanced AI model's release or use only if it poses a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1B in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people. The proposed intervention threshold requires the risk to stem from the creation or release of a biological weapon, a cyberattack, or a model evading its developer's controls. The draft legislation would also preempt some state AI safety laws, while mirroring language from California AI statutes such as SB 53, which was signed into law last year. "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. These are sensible policies we believe Congress should act on." — Anthropic spokesperson.