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Anthropic reportedly pitches frontier AI bill to members of Congress

A user says Politico reports Anthropic wrote the proposed bill itself.

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A user sharing Politico’s reporting says Anthropic wrote its own bill to regulate frontier AI and is pitching it to members of Congress.

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PO POLITICO@politico 2:46 PM · Oct 16, 2026
Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers https://politi.co/4zxDFhl

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@Owen_DahlkampSCOOP: Anthropic has been quietly pitching its own AI safety bill to members of Congress. Get the details here: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-011246542h

@AndrewCurran_Politico is reporting that Anthropic have written their own bill to to regulate frontier AI, and are pitching it to memebers of Congress.1h

@nitashatikuRT @Owen_Dahlkamp: SCOOP: Anthropic has been quietly pitching its own AI safety bill to members of Congress. Get the details here: https:/…1h

@CharlieBull0ckBig news. My take: Anthropic deserves some credit for actually proposing a pretty reasonable AI safety bill; that's more than other frontier labs have done. But they don't deserve *too* much credit, IMO; this bill is weaker than the Trahan-Obernolte FRONTIER Act in some key ways, and since the political momentum has shifted significantly in the direction of safety since FRONTIER was introduced back in July, I think new bills introduced today should ideally go further than FRONTIER was able to go rather than regressing. To be fair to Anthropic, the main places where this bill is significantly weaker than FRONTIER are (a) rulemaking (very strong in FRONTIER, almost nonexistent in Anthropic's bill) and (b) the emergency shutdown authority. Even if you take safety seriously, it might make some sense to dial those authorities back if you didn't trust the executive branch to wield them responsibly, because those are the easiest provisions for a hypothetical President who hypothetically might not like a certain frontier AI company to abuse. There are some improvements over FRONTIER as well; for instance, this bill does specify that auditors are employed on a continuing basis and has better provisions regarding auditor access to information. Happy to see that from Anthropic (although I think their access provision is still a little undercooked and has Fourth Amendment problems). Overall, I think the embedded auditor bills that get introduced in the coming months are going to be significantly better and more ambitious than this, and I hope Anthropic supports those bills instead of opposing anything that treats catastrophic risks like the serious national security issue they are. Still, it's encouraging to see a frontier lab come this far.1h

@NickADobosHello regulatory capture.46m

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@Owen_DahlkampSCOOP: Anthropic has been quietly pitching its own AI safety bill to members of Congress. Get the details here: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-011246542h

@AndrewCurran_Politico is reporting that Anthropic have written their own bill to to regulate frontier AI, and are pitching it to memebers of Congress.1h

@nitashatikuRT @Owen_Dahlkamp: SCOOP: Anthropic has been quietly pitching its own AI safety bill to members of Congress. Get the details here: https:/…1h

@CharlieBull0ckBig news. My take: Anthropic deserves some credit for actually proposing a pretty reasonable AI safety bill; that's more than other frontier labs have done. But they don't deserve *too* much credit, IMO; this bill is weaker than the Trahan-Obernolte FRONTIER Act in some key ways, and since the political momentum has shifted significantly in the direction of safety since FRONTIER was introduced back in July, I think new bills introduced today should ideally go further than FRONTIER was able to go rather than regressing. To be fair to Anthropic, the main places where this bill is significantly weaker than FRONTIER are (a) rulemaking (very strong in FRONTIER, almost nonexistent in Anthropic's bill) and (b) the emergency shutdown authority. Even if you take safety seriously, it might make some sense to dial those authorities back if you didn't trust the executive branch to wield them responsibly, because those are the easiest provisions for a hypothetical President who hypothetically might not like a certain frontier AI company to abuse. There are some improvements over FRONTIER as well; for instance, this bill does specify that auditors are employed on a continuing basis and has better provisions regarding auditor access to information. Happy to see that from Anthropic (although I think their access provision is still a little undercooked and has Fourth Amendment problems). Overall, I think the embedded auditor bills that get introduced in the coming months are going to be significantly better and more ambitious than this, and I hope Anthropic supports those bills instead of opposing anything that treats catastrophic risks like the serious national security issue they are. Still, it's encouraging to see a frontier lab come this far.1h

@NickADobosHello regulatory capture.46m