Polymarket puts 11% odds on US passing an AI safety bill by end of year
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-18
On Polymarket, the contract "US enacts AI safety bill before 2027" is trading at just 11% odds, with about $130K in volume.
- Resolution requires a federal bill with at least one provision: banning creation/release of specific models, training restrictions (data access or parameter caps), usage restrictions, or human-in-the-loop requirements
- Context: bipartisan measures like the FRONTIER Act and incident-reporting requirements advanced through committees in summer 2026 but never reached floor votes
- The post also cites an unverified report that security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to break into an OpenAI employee's ChatGPT account
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