Why Trump will not yield to an AI slowdown

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei (left) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman say they want to slow the breakneck pace of AI development.

Listen Summarise President Trump rejects calls to slow AI development, viewing AI leadership as a key US-China geopolitical competition and emphasising minimal regulation to maintain US dominance. Top AI leaders, including those from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, support a coordinated AI safety slowdown, but Trump and allies dismiss these concerns as overblown or self-serving. US Congress remains divided and inactive on AI regulation, while China pursues its own AI governance; significant AI safety legislation or global cooperation appears unlikely before major incidents occur. AI generated

PHILADELPHIA – In the middle of cascading fears of artificial intelligence running amok and one day posing grave danger to human society, President Donald Trump has made a clear choice: the US must not slow down.