19 October 2026

The Ethical AI Company

Anthropic has been lobbying lawmakers for an AI, "Regulation," bill that, "Would let the government block a model’s release or use 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."

Furthermore, this would only apply if, the risk is from, "The creation or release of a biological weapon, the model evading its developer’s controls or a cyberattack."

That's awfully white of them.

Representatives for the artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, according to three people with knowledge of the efforts who were granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

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The bill would let the government block a model’s release or use 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 risk must stem from the creation or release of a biological weapon, the model evading its developer’s controls or a cyberattack. The language mirrors that found in California’s AI laws including SB 53, which was signed into law last year.

(emphasis mine)

This is not a serious bill, and California's SB 53 is not a serious law. (Which is probably why Gavin Newsom signed it into law)

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