Zvi: Leaked Anthropic-Backed AI Regulatory Bill Is Unacceptable, Weakens Enforcement
TheZvi · x · 2026-10-17
AI researcher Zvi reviews a newly leaked draft bill reportedly being shopped by Anthropic and calls it "unacceptable and troubling."
Key provisions (similar to the FRONTIER Act but stronger):
- Stronger preemption of state AI laws
- Stronger transparency provisions
- Weaker enforcement: courts face a high bar to issue blocking orders, the Agency bears the burden at every stage, and review is de novo without deference
Zvi's take: Anthropic is trying to use the lame duck session with a Republican Congress to pass preemption of key state laws, trading modest transparency for weak enforcement. He reads this as intentional — Anthropic fears government enforcement against itself more than it values the government's ability to enforce rules — and urges preparing to fight the bill.
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