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Trump rejects calls from tech bosses for AI slowdown
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President Trump rejected calls from tech executives including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Elon Musk to slow AI development, arguing that a pause would allow China to overtake the US in the AI race. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson characterized the industry's concerns as overreaction.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published open letter urging the industry to 'pace the frontier' and slow AI development
- OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly supported Amodei's proposal on X; Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative backing
- Trump stated the US is leading China in AI and wants to maintain that lead
- Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson view the executives' slowdown calls as overreactive
- Regulation of AI has become a central issue in US politics amid existential technology concerns