Anthropic's proposed safety bill triggers only at 50 deaths or $1B

Anthropic's proposal requires evaluators to report any imminent risk to the Department of Commerce within 72 hours. The Department must then present the evidence to a federal judge and await an order. The bill applies only where 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages are at stake.

Why it matters: The high threshold makes this a catastrophic-risk backstop rather than broad regulation. It fits the pattern of labs telling lawmakers they want to be regulated, while the judicial-order mechanism and the threshold will be the contested design choices.