Trump, Johnson reject AI slowdown calls, cite China race — SkimNews
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- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an open letter yesterday calling to "pace the frontier" and slow AI development
- OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly voiced support for Amodei's proposal on X
- Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for the slowdown call
- Trump told the Financial Times "we're leading China in AI ... whoever wins AI, wins," rejecting calls to pause development
- Mike Johnson told Jake Tapper on CNN that rushing AI restrictions could be a "national security threat" and urged people not to panic
- Johnson warned that an emergency Congressional session to regulate AI would cause the US to "lose the race to China"
Why it matters: Trump and Johnson are aligning with the pro-acceleration camp against the AI industry’s own CEOs. If Republican leadership frames any AI safety legislation as a national security vulnerability, the path to federal regulation narrows — even with companies themselves requesting guardrails.
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