Anthropic proposes AI safety bill that could block models posing 50‑plus death risk
Original headline: Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
Anthropic has introduced a bill that would allow a model to be blocked if it could cause the deaths of more than 50 people. The proposal appears to protect against runaway AI, but it also bars federal agencies from stopping a model’s release without a judge’s permission.
The bill highlights tension between AI risk mitigation and federal agencies’ authority to intervene.
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