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Anthony Cimino

leads the federal affairs team at Anthropic · Anthropic's head of federal affairs

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“Our aim is for Commerce to be able to ask a federal court to block a model that has dangerous capabilities and insufficient safeguards, backed by an independent evaluator’s assessment.”
Anthropic Does Not Understand Why Its Draft Bill Was Unacceptable and TroublingDon't Worry About the Vase, October 20, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Cimino's statement on the draft bill, quoted by Mowshowitz, describing the model-blocking power.
“We plan to update our discussion language on preemption to better match the intentions of our AAIF framework.”
Anthropic Does Not Understand Why Its Draft Bill Was Unacceptable and TroublingDon't Worry About the Vase, October 20, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Cimino, quoted by Mowshowitz, on how Anthropic will respond to criticism of the draft's preemption of state law.

In the Base

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  1. EssayDon't Worry About the VaseSpeaks

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

    Zvi Mowshowitz responds to a statement by Anthropic's federal affairs lead on its leaked draft federal AI bill. Mowshowitz argues the draft is weaker than the FRONTIER Act and serves Anthropic's business interests, and quotes the lead's promised changes on preemption, model blocking, thresholds and updates.

  2. EssayTransformerMentioned

    Anthropic’s weak AI bill undermines its ‘safety first’ approach

    Transformer's Shakeel Hashim argues that the leaked Anthropic discussion draft of a federal AI bill is weaker than the Obernolte/Trahan FRONTIER Act: evaluators can self-certify, blocking a model requires a court case, and state laws are preempted. Hashim notes Anthropic says it will revise the preemption language.