Inside Anthropic's state-by-state plan to ratchet up AI rules
Anthropic is pursuing a state-by-state strategy to implement rigorous AI safety regulations, diverging from OpenAI's push for a unified national framework. The company aims to raise the bar for safety standards rather than settling for a single, potentially weaker, federal rulebook.
Why it matters
This strategic divide between major AI labs significantly influences how future AI legislation will be structured and enforced across the United States.
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic. Bloomberg/Getty Images Anthropic is urging states to pass tougher AI safety laws rather than settle on one shared rulebook. OpenAI is taking the opposite approach, pushing for a nationwide common framework. The divide is already shaping state legislation, lobbying campaigns, and political spending. Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic is pursuing a strategy of one-upmanship that encourages states to impose increasingly tougher AI guardrails, rather than align around a single set of regulations. The approach stands in stark contrast to the one favored by the company's archrival , OpenAI, which has pushed state lawmakers toward common ground on regulating the breakthrough technology.
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