Anthropic pitches lawmakers AI safety bill with model-blocking powers
Under the proposal, federal authorities could halt an advanced system facing an immediate danger involving mass casualties or over $1 billion in losses, pending court approval.
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What happened
Anthropic has privately pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security. The draft would let courts-approved federal action block a model's release or use and would preempt some state AI safety laws. Jack Clark, an Anthropic co-founder, has since said an internal company model projects AI could lift US economic output to $44 trillion by 2030 and urged international cooperation on rules for the technology.
Why it matters
The draft would give the government power to block AI models in some circumstances and override some state laws. Critics say its compute threshold is outdated and could favor established companies over startups.
Timeline
- Oct 16, 5:45 PM ET: Anthropic quietly pitches a draft AI safety bill to lawmakers, with limits on when the government could block an advanced model's release.
- Oct 17, 3:01 AM ET: The draft is described as allowing Washington to block a model's release or use if it poses imminent risk of mass casualties or more than $1 billion in damages, subject to judicial approval.
- Oct 17, 7:39 AM ET: Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells policymakers that rapidly improving AI could vastly boost US GDP.
- Oct 17, 12:16 PM ET: Critics say the bill's frontier compute line of 10^25 FLOPs is outdated and could favor incumbents over startups.
Coverage
- Anthropic Co-Founder Predicts AI Will Bring US GDP to $44 Trillion (PYMNTS)
- Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark Sees AI Driving US GDP Toward $44 Trillion, Delivering A Nearly 50% Surge By 2030 (Yahoo News)
- Anthropic sees AI lifting U.S. GDP to $44 trillion by 2030 in Bangkok (sana.sy)
- AI Revolution: Anthropic's Insights on Economic Impact and Future Challenges (gurufocus.com)
- AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost U.S. GDP, Anthropic's Clark tells policymakers (CNBC)
- Anthropic's Jack Clark Tells the IMF AI Could Push US GDP to $44 Trillion (startupfortune.com)
- Anthropic Says AI Could Push US GDP to $44.4 Trillion by 2030, but Its Modest Scenario Sees $34.1 Trillion (coinpaper.com)
- Anthropic co-founder Clark projects U.S. GDP to hit $44T by 2030 thanks to AI (seekingalpha.com)
- Anthropic's AI capabilities advancing faster than expected, says co-founder Clark (cryptobriefing.com)
- Anthropic's draft AI bill would restrict shutdowns to extreme cases
- Anthropic proposes federal AI law letting Washington block risky models
- Anthropic pitches Congress an AI safety bill as co-founder urges rules
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