Trump rejects frontier labs' call to slow AI development, attacks Amodei
After Amodei's 'pace the frontier' essay and public agreement from Altman and Musk, President Trump rejected any slowdown and new AI guardrails, dismissing the safety warnings and personally attacking Anthropic's CEO. His administration framed pacing as the labs' own responsibility and reiterated that whoever wins AI wins.
Why it matters
The rupture between the frontier labs and the US administration removes the political cover for voluntary slowdown commitments and puts decisive weight on whether the labs' pledged third-party evaluations get enforced.
Importance: 3/5
US president publicly rejects voluntary slowdown pledges from three frontier-lab CEOs