Anthropic Does Not Understand Why Its Draft Bill Was Unacceptable and Troubling

Substack · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-10-21)

• Zvi Mowshowitz argues that Anthropic’s leaked draft AI safety bill is “unacceptable and troubling,” viewing it as a “nakedly self-interested” attempt at “regulatory capture” that would actively hinder effective AI regulation rather than strengthen it.
• Key criticisms include the bill’s federal preemption clause, which ties the hands of both federal and state governments, and its “model blocking” and “risk thresholds” provisions, which set an unacceptably high bar for intervention, failing to address real-world incidents like “Hugging Face.”
• Nathan Calvin’s critique questions Anthropic’s core identity, suggesting its actions (e.g., massive compute deals, accelerating internal AI development, weakening Responsible Scaling Policy V3) are more consistent with prioritizing the “race to super intelligence” than its stated AI safety mission.
• Mowshowitz calls for Anthropic to acknowledge the bill’s fundamental flaws, disavow or apologize for it, and clearly articulate its genuine policy goals to regain trust, warning that acting as a profit-maximizing entity with potentially catastrophic products will be met with appropriate skepticism.