Anthropic secretly lobbied Congress, advocating that the government can only shut down an AI model if it poses a risk of more than $1 billion in losses or at least 50 casualties.

Insight Beating AI Flash News, according to Politico, Anthropic is privately lobbying U.S. lawmakers on a draft cutting-edge AI security bill that sets strict thresholds for government intervention in AI models. Under the draft, the government may only seek to shut down an AI model if it faces foreseeable and imminent specific risks that could cause over $1 billion in losses, or lead to more than 50 deaths or serious injuries. The draft limits regulatory triggers to three risk categories: AI models used for bioweapon development or proliferation, models escaping developer control, and models triggering cyberattacks. The bill also requires AI developers to conduct transparent testing and undergo independent third-party assessments. If an assessment body identifies relevant risks, it must report to the U.S. Department of Commerce within 72 hours, and the Commerce Department may apply to a federal court to suspend the model’s operations, with the court making the final ruling. Additionally, the draft proposes to prohibit other U.S. government departments and officials from independently halting the development, deployment, or internal use of AI models. Anthropic stated that the proposal is derived from its advanced AI framework released earlier this year, aiming to require developers to undergo security assessments while empowering the government to block the deployment of dangerous models. The draft is currently in the lobbying phase and has not yet become law. If the relevant provisions are ultimately passed, they could significantly limit the U.S. government’s authority to take emergency interventions against cutting-edge AI models.