Anthropic
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Anthropic is an AI developer that participates in policy debates about advanced-model oversight, national security and the economic effects of AI. Its published agenda favors government rules requiring developers to disclose catastrophic-risk evaluations and supports independent assessment. Its advocacy also covers advanced-chip export controls, energy infrastructure and preparation for labor-market disruption.[1]
Model oversight and public institutions
Anthropic's policy page identifies its advocacy concerning California's SB 53, New York's RAISE Act, Illinois' SB 315 and the EU general-purpose AI Code of Practice. These are statements of its involvement, not a claim that the instruments have identical legal status. The page argues that transparency alone is insufficient and describes proposals for developer testing, independent evaluation, continuing risk disclosure and societal resilience against biological and cyber threats.[1]
The company supports funding technically capable public evaluators, including teams at NIST, and a wider independent evaluation ecosystem. Its national-security position favors tighter controls on advanced chips and manufacturing equipment. Its infrastructure agenda advocates changes to energy permitting while expecting developers to bear costs created by their facilities.[1]
Responsible Scaling Policy
Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) is a voluntary governance framework. Its original approach linked model-capability thresholds to escalating safeguards. In the February 2026 announcement of version 3.0, the company acknowledged difficulty determining when thresholds had been crossed and implementing the most demanding safeguards without collective action. It distinguished what one company could undertake from what it thought the industry needed to do.[3]
Version 3.0 introduced a public Frontier Safety Roadmap with goals in security, alignment, safeguards and policy. The announcement expressly describes roadmap targets as nonbinding rather than hard commitments. It also calls for periodic Risk Reports and external review in specified circumstances. This distinction matters when assessing a public promise: a research goal, a company requirement and a statutory duty have different consequences.[3]
The February announcement documents a specific revision, not a claim that version 3.0 remains the latest version. Anthropic describes the RSP as subject to further revision as capabilities and evaluation methods change.[3]
Corporate governance
Anthropic's 2023 account describes the Long-Term Benefit Trust as a purpose trust holding a special class of stock with rights to elect and remove directors, phased in over time. It pairs that arrangement with public benefit corporation status. The stated purpose is to take account of effects on people who are not parties to the company's commercial transactions.[2]
The announcement also describes amendment mechanisms, including provisions allowing sufficiently large shareholder supermajorities to change the arrangement without trustee consent. The trust is therefore a corporate governance mechanism with defined powers and limits, rather than a government regulator. Later notes record changes in trustees; the original list should not be treated as the current membership.[2]
Support for Public First Action
In February 2026, Anthropic announced $20 million for Public First Action, a section 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. The announcement connects the donation to transparency, safeguards and US AI leadership. It opposes displacing state AI protections without stronger federal safeguards, linking the funding to a concrete federalism position.[4]
In July, Anthropic announced another $20 million, bringing its stated total to $40 million. It expressly says both donations are restricted to public education and policy work and cannot influence candidate elections at any level. These funds should not be described as contributions to the separately registered Public First super PAC.[5]
Selected contributions
On September 12, CNN reported Dario Amodei’s pacing proposal and Anthropic’s commitment to embedded external evaluators.[6]
On September 12, Clément Delangue announced the Open Alignment Initiative, led by Thomas Wolf at Hugging Face, and requested participation in the embedded-evaluator program. He argued for broader participation and transparency in alignment work; the announcement does not confirm acceptance into the program.[7] See September 12 coverage.
- Long-Term Benefit Trust governance announcement (September 2023).[2]
- Responsible Scaling Policy version 3.0 announcement (February 2026).[3]
- Public First Action support announcements (February and July 2026).[4][5]
On September 12, 2026, former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, who identified himself as an Anthropic senior adviser, supported Amodei's pacing call. He argued that voluntary pre-release testing was no longer sufficient and urged government-backed independent verification, model security and US–China dialogue. These were policy recommendations, not newly enacted requirements.[8]
September 14, 2026: response from China
On September 14, 2026, China’s foreign ministry urged international cooperation on AI in response to Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei’s proposal to retain US restrictions on advanced chips and chipmaking equipment. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said confrontation and fear-based competition would undermine global AI governance.[9]
See September 14 digest for the response and the proposal’s international-coordination context.
September 16, 2026: New York City hearing request
New York City Council requested Anthropic’s participation in an October 5 AI-risk hearing announced September 16, 2026.[10] See digest coverage and New York coverage.
Related articles
- Anthropic 2026 Model Hacking Incidents — Incident chronology, report comparison and announced independent review.
- September 10, 2026 nonparty-discovery ruling in the Meta copyright cases
- Lina Khan
- Illinois SB 315 Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act
- Bartz v Anthropic PBC
- Anthropic PBC v U.S. Department of War
- AI Law Wiki News for July 22, 2026
- United States policy on catastrophic AI risk
- European Union policy on catastrophic AI risk
- Public First Action
- Frontier Model Forum
- OpenAI
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Anthropic, AI Policy, current text reviewed September 12, 2026. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Anthropic, The Long-Term Benefit Trust, September 19, 2023, with subsequent trustee updates. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Anthropic, Responsible Scaling Policy Version 3.0, February 24, 2026. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Anthropic, Donating $20 Million to Public First Action, February 12, 2026. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Anthropic, Donating Another $20 Million to Public First Action, July 21, 2026. Accessed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ Auzinea Bacon, CNN via KEYT, “Anthropic CEO calls for ‘pacing the frontier’ of AI race amid safety concerns,” September 12, 2026.
- ↑ Clément Delangue, announcement of the Open Alignment Initiative, X, September 12, 2026. Public post reviewed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ Rishi Sunak, public post on frontier-AI oversight, X, September 12, 2026. Full public post reviewed September 12, 2026.
- ↑ E. Eduardo Castillo and Chan Ho-him, Associated Press, “Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China’s AI development,” September 14, 2026.
- ↑ New York City Council, “New York City Council to Hold Major Hearing on Artificial Intelligence Risks, Examine Need for Stronger Protections for New Yorkers,” September 16, 2026.