The leaked Anthropic AI regulation bill draft is unacceptable and concerning
Leaked Anthropic Draft AI Regulatory Bill Is Unacceptable and Troubling
A draft AI regulation bill allegedly pitched by Anthropic to lawmakers was leaked and drew widespread criticism. Zvi aggregated point-by-point critiques from multiple researchers on LessWrong: the draft is weaker than the FRONTIER Act, trades preemptive federal regulation for preemption of state-level AI legislation, and centralizes the power to pause model deployments at the federal level. Nathan Calvin noted that the draft sets an extremely high bar for federal restrictions on frontier models, requiring an imminent risk of more than 50 deaths or over $1 billion in losses, which may make it harder to obtain orders to halt relevant development than under current law. Alex Bores argued the draft contradicts Anthropic's June framework commitment not to lightly preempt state law, and Nat Purser called for stronger auditor independence. Zvi criticized Anthropic for placing commercial and political risks above safety considerations.
The post compiles critiques from multiple researchers of the leaked draft's provisions and compares them with the FRONTIER Act and Anthropic's June framework, presenting the specific disagreements in this regulatory debate.