Anthropic Proposes AI Safety Legislation to Halt Models Posed with Severe Risk

Anthropic has proposed an AI safety bill that would allow blocking the release of models posing a 'foreseeable, imminent risk' of over 50 deaths or $1 billion in property damage through independent evaluations and court intervention. The legislation aims to establish a regulatory framework for AI risk assessment while avoiding direct federal agency discretion.

The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.

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