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Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting
TL;DRTrump and Johnson dismiss AI safety concerns while major AI leaders call for slower development.
Why it matters: Political skepticism of industry self-regulation could undermine voluntary safety standards during critical capability advances.
Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative…
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