Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers, Politico reports

Oct 16 (Reuters) Anthropic representatives have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, Politico reported ​on Friday, citing three people with knowledge ‌of the efforts. The bill would let the government block a model s release or use only if it poses a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damages, or of killing or ‌seriously ​injuring more than 50 people, according ⁠to the report. Here are ⁠some details: • The risk must stem from the creation or release of a biological weapon, the model evading its developer’s controls or a cyberattack, Politico ​reported • Anthropic and the Department of Commerce did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment • Under ⁠the bill, independent evaluators, which ⁠would register with the Commerce Department, would ​be tasked with periodically evaluating the lab and its frontier ​models, according to the report • The labs could ‌pay these evaluators, provided the pay