Anthropic Says It Will Rewrite Leaked AI Safety Bill Draft
10/20/2026 — 10/20, 23:19·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- Anthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite parts of its own draft AI safety bill, according to The Next Web. The confidential draft, pu…
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On October 20, 2026, Shakeel Hashim of Transformer reported that a leaked draft of a US federal AI bill from Anthropic drew widespread criticism from AI safety advocates. According to the report, the draft is significantly weaker than the bipartisan FRONTIER Act.
Critics argued that the leaked text sets looser requirements than the FRONTIER Act, making Anthropic's safety-first pitch ring hollow. The available material stops at the leak and the resulting criticism; it does not say whether a formal version exists, when the draft was written, or what happens next in the legislative process.
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Latest turnAnthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite part of the AI safety bill it drafted itself, The Next Web reports. The confidential draft, published by Politico on Friday, drew days of criticism from the AI safety community, which argues it is weaker than the main competing AI bills.
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Anthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite part of the AI safety bill it drafted itself, The Next Web reports. The confidential draft, published by Politico on Friday, drew days of criticism from the AI safety community, which argues it is weaker than the main competing AI bills.
The Next WebAI score 56A leaked draft of a federal AI bill backed by Anthropic is drawing widespread criticism from AI safety advocates, who say it is significantly weaker than the bipartisan FRONTIER Act. Writing for Transformer, Shakeel Hashim reports that the draft makes Anthropic's safety-first pitch ring hollow.
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