Anthropic urges Newsom to let courts block risky AI models
Anthropic told California Governor Gavin Newsom that the state should be able to ask a court to block AI models posing serious risk.
By GennnAi··1 min read
In a 15 October letter first reported by Politico, the company responds to a September order creating a working group, which has two months to make proposals. Independent evaluators would alert the attorney general, who, seeing near-term risk of catastrophic harm, could seek a court order. Anthropic also wants risk reports at least every six months. OpenAI, on 20 October, backed shutdown controls but not court-ordered blocks.
Source: TNW, published on October 29, 2026.