Trump and Johnson oppose slowing AI as tech leaders urge industry to “pace the frontier”
Summary
Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson reject efforts to slow AI development as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, backed by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis, urges companies to “pace the frontier,” while Johnson warns emergency regulation could hand China the lead.
Key Points
- Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson oppose slowing AI development, warning that restrictions could let China overtake the US.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for the industry to "pace the frontier" in an open letter, with OpenAI's Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Alphabet's Demis Hassabis voicing support.
- Johnson tells CNN that an emergency congressional push to regulate AI would be a national-security threat and says the US would "lose the race to China."