Anthropic's safety bill would let the US block an AI model if there's imminent risk of 50-plus deaths
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The draft proposal would limit the circumstances in which the government could block the release of an advanced model and preempt some state AI laws.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei during a September visit to Washington, DC.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAnthropic is looking to shape AI regulation by pitching an AI safety bill of its own.POLITICO obtained a confidential draft of the proposed legislation.The bill would let the government block an AI model 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.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.The confidential draft, obtained by POLITICO and not previously reported, marks a notable effort by the frontier AI lab to shape the rules governing its own technology as Congress weighs how to respond to the fast-moving industry."This bill represents the proposals outlined in…