President Trump dismissed industry calls for tighter guardrails on artificial intelligence, arguing the U.S. must press ahead to outpace China. The pushback follows an essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urging a coordinated slowdown, citing existential risks amid recent security incidents and a high-profile resignation at the company. Investigative journalist Stephen Witt said self-policing won’t work and proposed an NTSB-style model for probing AI failures, while noting Trump advisers remain skeptical of regulation. A sweeping ban on “superintelligence” proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders appears unlikely to advance, but momentum for some form of federal oversight could build in coming months, potentially shaped by U.S.-China talks. The debate underscores rising tension between innovation imperatives and safety concerns as frontier models grow more capable.
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