Here's Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

AI startup Anthropic is actively lobbying for stricter state-level regulations on frontier AI models, including mandatory third-party safety audits. This move is seen as a strategic effort to shape the regulatory landscape while the company continues to develop powerful AI systems.
“The transparency-focused safety bills of 2025 were a really important start, but as the capabilities of AI systems continue to advance quickly—the policy responses need to match,” Cesar Fernandez, Anthropic’s head of US state and local government relations, told WIRED in an interview. “We think that transparency and self reporting are no longer sufficient safety measures for the most powerful AI systems.”
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