Former President Donald Trump dismissed warnings about rapidly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) as a “HOAX,” and publicly rejected demands from the leadership of two major research labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, to slow down the development pace.
The related proposals are based on the “speed control” calls made by the heads of the two research institutes.
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Trump rejected calls for introducing new federal-level AI safety measures (guardrails) and argued that slowing development would weaken the United States’ competitiveness against China.
Vice President JD Vance described the industry’s calls for regulation as a “Trojan horse.”
**Sam Altman** and **Dario Amodei** say that ‘frontier AI’ development speed must be adjusted so that safety research can keep up with performance gains in extremely large models.
Trump strikes back at “AI speed control”
ABC News reported that Trump has launched a concentrated attack on AI-related warnings—including theories about threats to humanity and AI domination—through multiple social media posts.
He described such concerns as a “HOAX.”
Trump described moves around AI and data centers as a “sick and conspiratorial collusion,” arguing that various restrictions ultimately amount to helping China. He also urged AI critics, “Don’t kill the Golden Goose!”
According to him, the required “guardrails” are all that’s needed if you have just “one strong and smart president,” and that Washington already has sufficient control tools with existing criminal laws and regulatory powers. The explanation is that the current administration’s direction also places the emphasis on “speed first.”
Vice President JD Vance said he recognizes AI risks, but emphasized that “regulation should be done smartly.” In particular, he questioned why frontier AI companies are asking to regulate themselves, and likened this pressure to a “Trojan horse.” The view is that behind the surface-level safety rhetoric, there may be interests such as competition and market dominance.
House Speaker **Mike Johnson** said that this week, as Congress ends its recess and returns to Washington, Trump plans to restart discussions on AI regulation in earnest, after holding meetings with executives from major AI companies.
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Sam Altman: “Slowing down makes it possible to ensure safety”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company welcomes its pace being adjusted and supports a consistent federal safety standards and regulatory framework aimed at frontier AI. He drew a line, saying that slowing down does not mean stopping development.
Altman warned that while safety evaluations and post-deployment monitoring are inevitably costly, focusing only on improving model performance with global competition in mind could leave alignment and surveillance systems behind. It’s essentially the point that “competitive pressure should not be allowed to push model capabilities ahead while oversight and safety measures remain unverified.”
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei also made a similar argument in a recent op-ed. He stressed that developers should “slow the pace of capability improvements” so that safety research can catch up, and urged the industry to take seriously the risks of superintelligent autonomous systems.
More recently, warnings within the industry are growing louder. A former Anthropic researcher **Jacob Coxon** criticized that, after leaving the company last week, Anthropic and OpenAI have been competing in the ‘superintelligent, self-improving’ race. He directly hit the two companies, saying they are “gambling with our lives.”
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