Anthropic pitches a draft federal frontier AI safety bill

As reported by POLITICO, Anthropic representatives have privately shown Capitol Hill lawmakers a draft bill on frontier AI safety and security. Under the draft, the government could block a model's release or use only where it poses a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damage, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people, arising from a biological weapon, the model evading its developer's controls, or a cyberattack. The draft would also preempt some state AI safety laws. POLITICO reported that Anthropic said the draft reflects its Advanced AI Framework, which it has promoted to federal and state lawmakers since June.

What it means for business: this is a company draft shared with lawmakers, not a law; state rules such as California's SB 53 still apply.