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Trump, Vance dismiss AI industry’s call for safety guardrails

After Anthropic’s Dario Amodei urged a slowdown and over 1,000 AI workers demanded regulation, Trump and Vance rejected the push for guardrails.

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What to know

  • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and over 1,000 AI industry employees have pushed for slower development and more regulation, citing catastrophic risk.
  • Trump and Vance both publicly rejected the industry's own calls for guardrails, an unusual dynamic where the administration is more permissive than the companies it oversees.
  • Trump ties his rejection of AI regulation to his broader data-center-driven "Golden Age" industrial agenda.
  • Vance frames industry-requested regulation as a potential competitive tactic rather than a genuine safety measure.

“The Trump Administration has stopped AI ‘people’ from doing bad, or potentially bad, ‘things,’ like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a ‘perfect little angel’—and we will continue to do so!”

Donald Trump, U.S. President · Truth Social ↗ · Sep 13

Donald TrumpDonald Trump U.S. PresidentJD VanceJD Vance U.S. Vice PresidentDario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEO

Trump, Vance dismiss AI industry’s call for safety guardrails
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Peak 3 pieces in 4h at Sep 14, 11 AM; 5 pieces over 14 days (4 articles · 1 post) Sep 13, 7 PM — 1 piece · 1 article — Mastodon 1Sep 13, 11 PM — quietSep 14, 3 AM — quietSep 14, 7 AM — 1 piece · 1 article — Newswires 1Sep 14, 11 AM — 3 pieces · 2 articles · 1 post — Newswires 2, Mastodon 1Sep 14, 3 PM — quietSep 14, 7 PM — quietSep 14, 11 PM — quietSep 15, 3 AM — quietSep 15, 7 AM — quietSep 15, 11 AM — quietSep 15, 3 PM — quietSep 15, 7 PM — quietSep 15, 11 PM — quietSep 16, 3 AM — quietSep 16, 7 AM — quietSep 16, 11 AM — quietSep 16, 3 PM — quietSep 16, 7 PM — quietSep 16, 11 PM — quietSep 17, 3 AM — quietSep 17, 7 AM — quietSep 17, 11 AM — quietSep 17, 3 PM — quietSep 17, 7 PM — quietSep 17, 11 PM — quietSep 18, 3 AM — quietSep 18, 7 AM — quietSep 18, 11 AM — quietSep 18, 3 PM — quietSep 18, 7 PM — quietSep 18, 11 PM — quietSep 19, 3 AM — quietSep 19, 7 AM — quietSep 19, 11 AM — quietSep 19, 3 PM — quietSep 19, 7 PM — quietSep 19, 11 PM — quietSep 20, 3 AM — quietSep 20, 7 AM — quietSep 20, 11 AM — quietSep 20, 3 PM — quietSep 20, 7 PM — quietSep 20, 11 PM — quietSep 21, 3 AM — quietSep 21, 7 AM — quietSep 21, 11 AM — quietSep 21, 3 PM — quietSep 21, 7 PM — quietSep 21, 11 PM — quietSep 22, 3 AM — quietSep 22, 7 AM — quietSep 22, 11 AM — quietSep 22, 3 PM — quietSep 22, 7 PM — quietSep 22, 11 PM — quietSep 23, 3 AM — quietSep 23, 7 AM — quietSep 23, 11 AM — quietSep 23, 3 PM — quietSep 23, 7 PM — quietSep 23, 11 PM — quietSep 24, 3 AM — quietSep 24, 7 AM — quietSep 24, 11 AM — quietSep 24, 3 PM — quietSep 24, 7 PM — quietSep 24, 11 PM — quietSep 25, 3 AM — quietSep 25, 7 AM — quietSep 25, 11 AM — quietSep 25, 3 PM — quietSep 25, 7 PM — quietSep 25, 11 PM — quietSep 26, 3 AM — quietSep 26, 7 AM — quietSep 26, 11 AM — quietSep 26, 3 PM — quietSep 26, 7 PM — quietSep 26, 11 PM — quietYesterday, 3 AM — quietYesterday, 7 AM — quietYesterday, 11 AM — quietYesterday, 3 PM — quietYesterday, 7 PM — quietYesterday, 11 PM — quiet 1–2
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    Vance calls industry's guardrail request a "Trojan horse"

    Vice President JD Vance told reporters he was suspicious of AI companies asking the government to regulate them, suggesting larger firms might be seeking terms favorable against competitors.

    “It feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trojan horse. So I think we just have to be careful about this.”
    — JD Vance
    1. 1 outlet Trump and JD Vance Completely Shut Down Calls for AI Guardrails

      first by New Republic, 13d ago

    2. 1 outlet Trump and JD Vance Trash Tech CEOs’ Call for AI Guardrails

      first by Mastodon, 14d ago

  2. 1

    Trump says only he is needed as an AI "guardrail"

    Trump posted on Truth Social Monday morning dismissing the need for AI regulation, arguing his own leadership was the only necessary control, and accused critics of a "conspiracy" against AI and data centers.

    “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!”
    — Donald Trump
  3. background

    Over 1,000 AI employees demand stronger regulation — More than 1,000 employees at AI companies signed on to calls for increased government regulation of the industry, adding pressure alongside Amodei's warning.

  4. background

    Amodei calls for AI industry to slow down — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged the AI industry to reduce its pace of development, citing insider concerns that the race toward self-improving superintelligence could cause a mass extinction event.