AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on Them
Isabella WardBusinessSep 14, 2026 7:00 AMAI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on ThemSam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development. The essay received rare endorsement from both OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who owns chatbot Grok, following a week of intense debate about the technology’s threats to human safety.
- ▪Isabella WardBusinessSep 14, 2026 7:00 AMAI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown.
- ▪Trump’s Team Says It’s on ThemSam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development.
- ▪The essay received rare endorsement from both OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who owns chatbot Grok, following a week of intense debate about the technology’s threats to human safety.
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- ▪ Donald Trump rejects calls from tech bosses for AI slowdown — Hacker News (AI / LLM)
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Isabella WardBusinessSep 14, 2026 7:00 AMAI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on ThemSam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development. Donald Trump, meanwhile, wants the US to maintain its lead over China.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyAs calls for artificial intelligence regulation intensify, US President Donald Trump’s team have made it clear that if lab leaders want to implement an industry-wide slowdown, they’re going to have to do it themselves.Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called on the US government to regulate AI companies within a wider effort to slow the pace of the…
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