There is a newly leaked bill that Anthropic is purportedly shopping around is (if you assume its bugs get fixed).

It is similar to the FRONTIER Act, with stronger preemption of state laws, stronger transparency provisions and weaker enforcement provisions.

Having slept on this, I find it unacceptable that Anthropic is actively shopping exactly the type of bill I have warned we will need to fight against during the lame duck session. They are trying to use this last time with a Republican Congress to pass preemption of exactly the important state laws, and get some transparency but not much enforcement in exchange.

This reads as intentional, that Anthropic is more afraid that the government might enforce rules against Anthropic, than they are worried about the ability of the government to enforce rules against everyone. Anthropic's policy team seems to have, chosen protecting their business interests and guarding against their political risk, at the expense of safety considerations.

There was no need for the company purportedly existing to promote safety to propose a bill that is not even actively stronger than the FRONTIER Act, when the FRONTIER Act was a compromise bill proposed back in [...]

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Outline:

(02:05) Others RTFB (Read the Bill)

(07:41) Why Would Anthropic Do This?

(13:07) Not Everything Here Is Bad But Oh Boy

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First published:
October 17th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NW4b7m6798byAndeB/leaked-anthropic-draft-ai-regulatory-bill-is-unacceptable

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“Leaked Anthropic Draft AI Regulatory Bill Is Unacceptable and Troubling” by Zvi

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“Leaked Anthropic Draft AI Regulatory Bill Is Unacceptable and Troubling” by Zvi