GoKawiilTrump dismisses AI safety warnings from Anthropic, OpenAI, Musk
Following a weekend of AI executives calling for slower development and stronger oversight, President Trump publicly rejected the idea of new guardrails, saying only a capable president is needed to control AI. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed embedding independent evaluators and setting cross-government safety standards after two safety researchers resigned citing existential risk concerns, a position echoed by OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
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The clash highlights a widening gap between Washington's deregulatory stance and AI leaders' own admissions that their technology could outpace human control. Without federal rules, companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are left to self-police safety while racing to justify near-trillion-dollar valuations, leaving oversight largely dependent on voluntary industry commitments.
- Trump rejected calls for AI regulation, saying presidential leadership alone suffices as a guardrail.
- Anthropic's Amodei urged slower AI development and third-party safety audits after researcher resignations tied to existential risk fears.
- OpenAI's Altman and Musk publicly backed Amodei's safety concerns, signaling rare industry consensus amid political resistance.
Source: cnbc.com — Lora Kolodny Jonathan Vanian, 2026-09-15
Published there as: “Trump’s opposition to AI rules undercuts industry's calls for a slowdown”
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