Anthropic draft bill would limit US power to block AI models

Summary

• A draft bill proposed by AI company Anthropic would allow the US government to block a frontier artificial intelligence model only under narrowly defined circumstances, including an imminent threat of at least $1 billion in damage or death or serious injury to more than 50 people.
• The House has its own proposal, the FRONTIER Act, introduced by Representatives Lori Trahan and Jay Obernolte, which would give the government authority to halt the deployment of dangerous AI models.
• The thresholds of $1 billion in damage and more than 50 people killed or seriously injured are high, according to critics of the draft.

AI Generated Summary

A draft bill proposed by AI company Anthropic would allow the US government to block a frontier artificial intelligence model only under narrowly defined circumstances, including an imminent threat of at least $1 billion in damage or death or serious injury to more than 50 people.