Anthropic’s leaked bill would make it harder for Washington to shut down frontier models

Anthropic wants Congress to set strict limits on when federal authorities can stop advanced AI models from reaching users. A confidential draft bill obtained by POLITICO would tie government intervention to specific catastrophic threats and require judicial approval for suspensions. The proposal would give frontier AI developers a clearer legal framework while restricting the circumstances that could trigger government action. It also raises questions about how much oversight regulators should exercise over increasingly capable systems. Strict thresholds for interventionUnder the proposal, federal authorities could seek to halt a model only when it presents a foreseeable, imminent threat. Qualifying risks must involve more than $1 billion in damages or the deaths or serious injuries of over 50 people. The bill limits those threats to three scenarios.

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