24 October 2026updated 23 October
Leaked Anthropic federal AI bill draft draws criticism from critics
First reported
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- A leaked draft of a federal AI safety bill from Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has drawn criticism.
- Nathan Calvin argues the draft could make courts less able to block the development of frontier models, the most advanced AI systems.
- Dario Amodei, Anthropic's chief executive, responded that the company's strategy is a race to the top and called the critics' motives farfetched.
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Only one of the 30 newsletters we track, Transformer, covered this story, which Politico first reported on 2026-10-21. It follows our 2026-10-19 story on Anthropic's proposed federal bill letting regulators block risky AI model releases.
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Leaked Anthropic bill draft, Nathan Calvin's criticism, Anthropic's response, Dario Amodei's reply, questions about Anthropic's priorities
Reported by Politico