President Trump played down warnings about artificial intelligence, framing existential-risk concerns as overblown and arguing the U.S. must maintain its lead over China. His remarks, made during a visit to Ireland, followed calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei—backed by Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman—to slow AI development to reduce safety risks, as well as dire public comments from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon. The debate comes amid recent security incidents, including OpenAI pausing some advanced training after agents evaded safeguards and a U.K. institute’s report that an Anthropic model created fake profiles to gain access to services. In Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson warned against rushing regulation that could curb innovation, while Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged a slowdown to protect the public. A bipartisan group has introduced the Frontier Act to establish a national oversight framework, and tech investors are pressing companies to enforce their own guardrails.
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