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Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1B in damages
This is a regulatory opening move dressed as a safety proposal. Anthropic is positioning itself as the adult in the room by volunteering for rules, but the thresholds are so high they function as no rule at all: you don't regulate something by waiting for mass casualties. For founders and investors, this matters because it signals what regulatory negotiation looks like when one company has outsized voice in Washington. The real story is what this says about the regulatory capture surface—not whether these thresholds are good policy.