Anthropic Tells California Governor Courts Should Be Able to Block Risky AI Models
Anthropic says courts should be able to block AI models that pose serious risks and argues targeted shutdowns are better than broad kill switches.
- In an October 15 letter, Anthropic told California Governor Gavin Newsom that officials should obtain court orders to block the release of AI models posing a "serious risk" to the public.
- Governor Gavin Newsom's September executive order established a working group to strengthen California's AI safety laws, prompting Anthropic to submit these recommendations.
- Opposing mandatory "kill switches," Anthropic advocates for "shutdown controls" requiring coordinated action across multiple actors to stop AI operations when necessary, rather than a single switch.
- OpenAI sent its own recommendations to Newsom on October 20, backing shutdown controls but notably excluding support for court-ordered blocks as federal lawmakers debate the "AI Kill Switch Act."
- Federal legislation remains stalled following Congress's pre-election break, leaving unresolved the question of whether developers must enable model shutdowns to prevent catastrophic harm.
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Anthropic tells Governor Gavin Newsom courts should be able to block risky AI models
Anthropic has told California Governor Gavin Newsom that the state should be able to ask a court to block AI models that pose a serious risk. The AI company made the case in a letter first reported by Politico. The letter, dated 15 October, responds to an executive order Governor Gavin Newsom signed in September. The […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Anthropic and OpenAI diverge on who should pull the plug on risky AI
OpenAI and Anthropic agree that frontier AI systems need stronger oversight, but they are proposing sharply different approaches to stopping models that pose serious risks: Anthropic wants courts empowered to suspend dangerous systems, while OpenAI argues developers should be required to maintain and use effective shutdown controls. The proposals appear in separate submissions to California Governor Gavin Newsom following his September 18 execut…
Anthropic suggested to the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, that government authorities have been able to request judicial orders to block the launch of artificial intelligence models that represent a serious risk to the public, according to a letter dated October 15 that reiterated previous proposals from the company. Anthropic itself has already faced government restrictions on its AI systems. In June, the Trump government ordered that th…
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WTVBAnthropic tells California governor courts should be able to block risky AI models
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 : Anthropic told California Governor Gavin Newsom that government officials should be able to seek court orders blocking the release of AI models that pose a "serious risk" to the public, according to an October 15 letter that echoed the company's earlier policy proposals.Anthropic itself h
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