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Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed

The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.

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TechCrunch· Oct 20, 11:01 PMAnthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed

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