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Trump calls AI safety fears a 'hoax' and rejects calls for guardrails after industry warnings

Topic: technologyRegion: North AmericaUpdated: i3 outletsSources: 6⚠ Bias gap — sources divergeSpectrum: Mostly Center⏱ 2 min read📡 Wire pickup⚠ 3d+ old

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SITUATION

After warnings from leading AI executives that frontier AI could pose existential risks, US President Donald Trump rejected those warnings and said Washington must prioritise beating China in the AI race (per rt.com). The White House adviser David Sacks accused OpenAI and Anthropic of forming a “duopoly on frontier intelligence,” while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had called to slow frontier AI (per rt.com).

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KEY FACTS

US President Donald Trump said fears about the safety of AI are a "hoax" and compared them to the "Global Warming Scam".
Trump posted that there is a "SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers" and warned "WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS!".
Trump called himself "the Hoax Buster" and likened AI safety concerns to the "RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX".
Trump wrote that the only "guardrails" needed for AI was a "strong and smart" president.
Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, said to the BBC that a mandatory third-party-checkable "kill switch" for dangerous AI may be needed.
Those concerns from AI executives and staff were reported to have triggered a selloff in shares of some tech firms.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The immediate backdrop is the ongoing U.S.-China strategic and technological rivalry that has intensified since 2022, overlapping with the March 2026 U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran; recent U.S. policy has explicitly tied technology leadership to national security.

Structural roots include the CHIPS and Science Act (signed August 9, 2022) to boost U.S. semiconductor production, the U.S. export restrictions on advanced computing and semiconductor equipment announced October 7, 2022 (imposed after intelligence showed diversion risks to Chinese military-linked entities), and the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on AI safety issued October 30, 2023 establishing federal AI priorities.

Brief

US President Donald Trump publicly rejected warnings from leading AI executives that powerful artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat, and instead said Washington must prioritise beating China in the AI race.

The comments came after prominent industry figures, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, urged slowing development of frontier AI technologies, a stance Trump dismissed in favour of a competitive, China-focused approach (per rt.com).

White House adviser David Sacks framed the private sector dynamic differently, accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of operating as a “duopoly on frontier intelligence,” a claim that highlights concern inside the administration about concentrated market power even as it rejects calls for broader industry pause (per rt.com).

Trump’s position ties AI policy directly to geopolitical competition with China, signalling that administration priorities will favour rapid capability development and competition over precautionary slowdowns — a choice that echoes longstanding US strategic emphasis on maintaining technological superiority (per rt.com).

The source links Amodei’s public appeal to slow frontier AI with the administration’s rebuttal, but does not quote other industry leaders or offer detailed policy measures the White House will adopt next (per rt.com).

That gap leaves unclear whether Trump’s dismissal will translate into regulatory restraint, aggressive industrial policy, or new funding and export-control moves aimed at constraining China while accelerating US developers.

The documented positions are clear: industry executives urged a pause or slowdown; the president rejected those warnings and refocused priority toward outcompeting China; a senior adviser accused major firms of concentrated control over frontier AI — all per the single source’s reporting (per rt.com).

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