Trump rejects new AI regulations as OpenAI and Anthropic call for oversight

The people building the most powerful AI systems on Earth are asking the government to regulate them. The government’s response, more or less: no thanks, we’ve got this. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on September 14 to reject growing calls from AI industry leaders for new regulatory guardrails on frontier AI development. His position was characteristically blunt: the only controls necessary come from a “strong and smart (High IQ!) President,” and safety concerns raised by industry figures amount to a “hoax” comparable to climate change warnings. The labs want rules, the White House wants speed The flashpoint was an essay from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocating for a global slowdown in frontier AI development to address mounting risks. That essay didn’t land in a vacuum. It picked up endorsements from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, creating something close to an industry consensus that the current pace of advancement needs structured oversight. Trump wasn’t buying it. He specifically targeted Amodei, claiming the administration had already taken steps to block potentially harmful actions from Anthropic. In the president’s fr...