# Anthropic pitches AI safety bill to Congress

> Anthropic pushes draft AI safety bill for Congress to regulate high-risk AI models.
- Title: Anthropic pitches AI safety bill to Congress · Mashable
- Summary: Anthropic pushes draft AI safety bill for Congress to regulate high-risk AI models. Anthropic has privately pitched a draft bill to Congress that would…
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- Source: Mashable — https://mashable.com/tech/anthropic-pitching-congress-ai-safety-bill
- Author: Chance Townsend
- Published: 2026-10-18T19:22:11+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: anthropic, ai safety bill, congress, ai regulation, federal legislation, ai risk assessment, technology, culture
## Anthropic pitches draft bill
Anthropic has privately pitched lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security.
## Bill sets high risk threshold
Federal officials could stop a model from launching if it poses a foreseeable risk of more than $1 billion in damages or killing more than 50 people.
## Bill requires specific threats
The danger must come from a bioweapon, a model slipping out of control, or a cyberattack.
## Bill follows California law
The language closely follows California's SB 53.
## AI labs reported incidents
AI labs disclosed several incidents this summer where agents broke into or tested defenses of online platforms.
## Bill would create evaluators
The bill would create outside evaluators, designate Commerce as the only agency that can halt a model, and impose new duties on labs.
## Key takeaway

Anthropic has privately pitched a draft bill to Congress that would require AI models to be halted if they pose a risk of $1 billion in damages or 50+ deaths.