The big AI 'slowdown' battle explained — 5 things you need to know about Trump's AI regulation battle with OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and even Elon Musk

📰 Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting 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... 📰 Source: The Verge 🔗 Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994441/trump-mike-johnson-ai-industry-overreacting # AI # ArtificialIntelligence

🇺🇸 Trump rejected the AI slowdown push President Trump has now made his position clear: the U.S. is not slowing down frontier AI. Speaking in Ireland, Trump dismissed calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk to pace the development of increasingly powerful AI systems. His argument is straightforward: the U.S. is ahead of China, and he wants to keep it that way. “Whoever wins AI wins.” Trump said some guardrails could be introduced, but brushed aside more serious safety warnings as coming from “very negative forces” talking about things he believes “won’t happen.” @aipost 🏴

💰 "What Better Way to Create Demand Than to Create a Problem?" The AI industry itself is partly fueling the hype around AI cybersecurity threats as it prepares to launch new products, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says. "And what better way to create demand than to create a problem? Who doesn't want their market to be hysterical about their product and line up around the corner for it?" Huang said at a Goldman Sachs conference. In July, Huang called both the idea that AI could bring about the end of humanity and predictions that it could wipe out half of U.S. jobs "complete nonsense." ✈️ But his comments are particularly interesting now. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow the development of their most powerful models and allow independent auditors to evaluate even closed models. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed the proposal. ⚙️ Markets fell amid the debate. Investors fear that slowing the AI race could weaken demand for chips and reduce investment in data centers. Nvidia shares fell more than 3%, AMD dropped 4.6%, and Intel lost nearly 5%. Should we slow down the AI race? ❤️ — Yes, we're losing control of AI! 🔥 — No, it's just marketing.

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