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- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter calling to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development.
- OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly voiced support for Amodei's proposal on X, while Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support.
- President Trump told the Financial Times the US is leading China in AI and "whoever wins AI, wins," rejecting calls to slow development.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN's Jake Tapper that rushing to restrict AI development could be a "national security threat."
- Johnson urged people not to panic, warning that an emergency Congressional session to regulate AI would mean the US will "lose the race to China."
Why it matters: Four of the most prominent AI executives — from Anthropic, OpenAI, Alphabet, and xAI — are publicly aligned on slowing AI development, yet the White House and House Speaker frame any pause as a concession to China. That standoff reframes the AI safety debate from a technical question into a national-security clash, with US-China competitiveness now the central argument against regulation.
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