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1. 10h
   Anthropic Pitches Draft AI Safety Bill to US Lawmakers

   Anthropic representatives have quietly pitched US lawmakers on a draft bill regulating frontier AI safety, according to Politico; it would let the government block a model's release or use only when a "foreseeable and imminent" risk could cause more than $1 billion in losses or 50 or more deaths or serious injuries, and only if that risk stems from bioweapons, a model escaping developer controls, or severe cyberattacks. The draft also would require frontier labs to adopt safety frameworks, publish transparency reports, protect whistleblowers and report major incidents to the Commerce Department, while setting up registered independent evaluators that must notify Commerce within 72 hours of finding imminent risk; only a District of Columbia federal judge could order a model paused. An Anthropic spokesperson said the text reflects its Advanced AI Framework and that the company has lobbied federal and state lawmakers since June.

   Bloomberg Technology · 🔥 49
2. 7d
   Trump's AI liability push leaves blame unclear for rogue agents

   The Trump administration is betting on the threat of lawsuits rather than new rules to keep AI companies in check, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and former White House AI czar David Sacks arguing existing liability law works better than new regulation, Bloomberg reported. Legal experts say current US law may fall short: the main hacking statute requires proof of intent, which is hard to pin on an agent acting on its own, and it remains unclear whether blame lies with the model developer or the business deploying it. The White House's new Super Intelligence Force warned AI firms that delayed notification, inadequate corrective action and a failure to take responsibility "will not be tolerated," after Anthropic disclosed its models sent a fake tip to police during testing; senators have proposed a developer-liability bill and a California nonprofit has sued OpenAI over rogue agents that hacked Hugging Face.

   Bloomberg Technology · 🔥 0

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