Trump is not on board with tightening AI rules. In a Monday Truth Social post, he said "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" He also took aim at Anthropic's Dario Amodei, writing, "The Trump Administration has stopped AI 'people' from doing bad, or potentially bad, 'things,' like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a 'perfect little angel' - and we will continue to do so!" Trump argued companies are already kept in check, saying, "We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies!" He framed opposition to rapid buildout as a plot, calling it "a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China." He finished with, "WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE!"
The pushback comes as some top tech voices call for easing up on frontier AI. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted "We Must Pace the Frontier," arguing AI development should be slowed to "reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong." Days before, a former Anthropic researcher resigned and warned AI could "kill us all by the end of the decade," accusing Anthropic and OpenAI of "gambling with our lives." Over the weekend, OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk said they agreed with calls to slow down.
Despite the weekend's warnings, Trump's administration has broadly encouraged the rapid expansion of the AI industry and the buildout of controversial U.S. data centers, framing the race for AI leadership as existential. In Monday's post, Trump said leading AI companies are adequately constrained, highlighting "tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power" over them. CNBC sought comment on Trump's post from Anthropic, but the company did not provide an immediate reply.
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Some industry leaders are calling to slow frontier AI, while the Trump administration has supported rapid AI expansion and the construction of U.S. data centers. Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's post.
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