Anthropic's draft AI safety bill lets only Commerce seek a release halt
The draft sets a threshold of more than 50 people killed or seriously injured, or more than $1 billion in damages, before Commerce can ask a court to halt a release.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Tom's Hardware
Why it matters
Anthropic is trying to make outside model evaluations part of a formal government process. The draft's high harm thresholds and exclusive role for Commerce would determine which risks can trigger intervention and which agency can seek a release block.
Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei is asking lawmakers to put a narrow legal gate around the most dangerous AI releases: under a draft bill reported on October 16th, the government could seek to stop a model only if it posed an imminent risk of more than 50 people being killed or seriously injured, or more than $1 billion in damages.…
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