Anthropic to rewrite part of its leaked AI bill after safety backlash

Anthropic has told US lawmakers it will rewrite part of its own draft AI safety bill. The leaked text drew days of criticism from the AI safety community. The confidential draft was published by Politico on Friday. Anthropic has been circulating it on Capitol Hill.

Critics say the bill is weaker than the main AI safety bill already before Congress. They say it would make a dangerous model harder to stop, not easier. That is an awkward position for a…