Anthropic opposes an Illinois bill backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms” like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in damage
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would let AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters.
Wired Maxwell Zeff
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Discussion
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@shakeelhashim
Shakeel
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This is a very odd bill for OpenAI to be burning political capital on — the Governor doesn't like it! [image]
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@gabriel_weil
Gabriel Weil
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Good for @AnthropicAI for opposing this really dumb bill. Shame on @OpenAI for supporting it. It's truly indefensible.
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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OpenAI's former head of policy research on the company's support for SB 3444:
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
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I thought OAI would reverse position on this + just acknowledge that they screwed up as soon as @ZeffMax reached out for comment, but they doubled down in an official statement!! Still hoping that it just didn't get exec attention yet + today they will snap out of it
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
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Hard to think of a more clear cut case of OpenAI being in the wrong... they should just reverse positions here and figure out how anyone could have ever thought this was OK, simple as that
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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New: Anthropic is opposing the OpenAI-backed Illinois bill that would shield AI labs from liability for mass deaths or financial disasters caused by AI models. Governor Pritzker is signaling he doesn't like the bill, but it's exposing new battlelines in the AI policy debate. [ima…
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r/OpenAI
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Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
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r/technology
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“Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed” by WIRED
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@cesarfernand3z
Cesar Fernandez
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Anthropic believes that good transparency legislation needs to ensure public safety and accountability for the companies developing this powerful technology, not provide a get-out-of-jail-free card against all liability. https://www.wired.com/...
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@katie-drummond
Katie Drummond
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“We are opposed to this bill. Good transparency legislation needs to ensure public safety and accountability for the companies developing this powerful technology, not provide a get-out-of-jail-free card against all liability.”