Anthropic pitches a frontier AI safety bill to US lawmakers, Politico reports

The Claude maker's confidential draft would let the Commerce Department ask a federal judge to halt dangerous AI deployments Anthropic , the company behind the Claude models, has handed US lawmakers a confidential draft of a federal bill on frontier AI safety and security, according to Politico. Politico reported the draft on October 16, 2026. The proposal would give the federal government limited authority to step in on the deployment of highly advanced AI models. That power would apply only when a model poses a foreseeable, imminent catastrophic risk. The draft sets out strict thresholds for when Washington could act. Intervention would be allowed where potential damages exceed $1 billion , or where AI use could cause the deaths or serious injuries of more than 50 people .

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