A room full of people who built the runaway train now agree it should slow down, so of course we put the guy who can't sit still in charge of the brakes.
AI chiefs urge an AI slowdown; Trump says that hands China the race
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an open letter urging the industry to "pace the frontier" on AI development, and OpenAI's Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Alphabet's Demis Hassabis all voiced support. In an FT interview, Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson disagreed, warning a pause would let China overtake the US. Trump said whoever wins AI, wins.
Source: AI chiefs urge an AI slowdown; Trump says that hands China the race — The Verge
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