In a sweeping new essay titled “Policy on the AI Exponential,” Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei publicly calls for new government regulations governing the release of powerful AI models — specifically comparing AI industry to commercial aviation, which follows regulations enforced by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) — arguing that this is necessary to maintain public safety as AI capabilities and potential misuses grow. Alongside the essay, Anthropic released two comprehensive policy roadmaps: an Advanced AI Framework targeting catastrophic model risks, and an Economic Policy Framework addressing AI-driven labor displacement backed by $350 million in new funding. The timing couldn’t be more important: yesterday, Anthropic released its most powerful general release model ever, Claude Fable 5, and a more gated, updated version of the base Claude Mythos model, now known as Claude Mythos 5, which offers advanced defensive and offensive cyber capabilities. As Amodei noted on X following the release: “Anthropic has long advocated for transparency requirements for frontier AI, because the risks weren’t yet clear enough to regulate precisely. That is no …