Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that could block a model if 50+ people could be killed

Summary

Anthropic has proposed an AI safety bill that could block a model if 50 or more people could be killed. TechCrunch reports that the policy is presented as protection against AI running amok, but that it forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without a judge's permission.

Timeline

1. TechCrunch

   20 Oct 2026, 23:01 UTCSource ↗

   TechCrunch reports that Anthropic pitched a safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed, and that the proposal forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without a judge's permission.