Trump rejects AI executives' calls to slow development, labels risk warnings a hoax

The comments followed an essay published Sept. 12 by Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, We Must Pace the Frontier, arguing that frontier labs should slow capability gains. It outlines three steps: outside evaluators embedded inside labs, which Anthropic committed to unilaterally, then coordination among companies, then international agreements. Reuters reported that OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk endorsed the framework.

Speaking at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Trump said the United States leads China in AI and that whoever wins the AI race wins overall, according to Reuters. He allowed that guardrails could be added but did not identify the critics he accused of raising scenarios that would not occur.

In a series of Truth Social posts on Sept. 14, Trump wrote that the only guardrail AI needs is a strong president, said the government already holds criminal and regulatory power over AI companies, alleged a conspiracy against AI and data centers that benefits China, and criticized Amodei by name, the AP reported. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he expects Trump to host AI companies at the White House this week or next, though nothing had been scheduled.