Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1B in damages
A leaked draft shows Anthropic is pitching its own federal AI safety bill to lawmakers, resembling the FRONTIER Act but with stronger preemption of state laws and weaker enforcement. Under the draft, federal power to restrict a frontier model would require an imminent risk of catastrophic harm — more than 50 deaths or over $1 billion in damage. The proposal matters because it could set the terms of US federal AI regulation and displace stronger state laws such as California's SB 53.
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- Hacker News (AI)2026-10-18 14:30