Anthropic pitches Congress an AI safety bill as co-founder urges rules
Anthropic has quietly offered lawmakers a draft bill that would let Washington block advanced AI releases in cases of imminent mass-casualty or large-damage risk, subject to court approval. Co-founder Jack Clark has also pressed for robust AI regulation.
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What happened
Anthropic, an AI company, has been quietly pitching Capitol Hill lawmakers a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security. Co-founder Jack Clark has repeatedly called for robust AI regulation, saying companies should not operate without it.
Why it matters
The draft would limit when the government could block the release of an advanced model and would preempt some state AI safety laws. Clark has said that allowing companies to operate without robust legislation is risky.
Timeline
- Oct 16, 5:45 PM ET: Politico reported that Anthropic had quietly pitched lawmakers a draft AI safety bill that would limit when the government could block an advanced model's release and preempt some state AI safety laws.
- Oct 17, 3:01 AM ET: The draft allows Washington to block an AI model's release or use if it poses an imminent risk of mass casualties or more than $1 billion in damages, subject to judicial approval.
- Oct 17, 6:30 AM ET: Jack Clark said an internal model projects AI could grow US economic output to $44 trillion by 2030 and urged international cooperation on rules for the technology.
Coverage
- AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost US GDP, Anthropic's Clark tells policymakers (centraloregondaily.com)
- Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark: AI Could Expand US Economic Output to $44 Trillion by 2030 (IndexBox Inc.)
- Anthropic's Clark says AI's impact accelerating quickly and could vastly boost US GDP (TradingView)
- Anthropic co-founder renews call for robust regulation of frontier AI (malaymail.com)
- Anthropic co-founder backs 'common sense standards' for AI regulation (Nikkei Asia)
- Anthropic Co-Founder Renews Call For Robust Regulation of Frontier AI (AFP)
- Anthropic Co-founder Renews Call for Robust Regulation of Frontier AI (english.aawsat.com)
- Anthropic's Clark says common-sense standards are needed for AI (TradingView)
- Anthropic's draft AI bill would restrict shutdowns to extreme cases
- Anthropic pitches lawmakers AI safety bill with model-blocking powers
- Anthropic proposes federal AI law letting Washington block risky models
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