Trump calls AI safety fears a 'hoax' and rejects calls for guardrails after industry warnings
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- 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.
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).
Left- and right-leaning outlets are covering this story differently — in which facts to emphasize, which context to include, and how to frame causes and consequences.