US President Donald Trump has rejected concerns that artificial intelligence is developing too quickly, describing calls for limits as a “sick conspiracy.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump said efforts targeting AI and data centers benefited China rather than addressing genuine safety concerns.
Trump argued that the technology needed only a “strong and smart” president as a safeguard. He also said his administration had already stopped Anthropic from pursuing actions he characterized as “bad, or potentially bad,” without providing further details in the supplied statement.
His comments followed calls from technology leaders, including Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, for greater government regulation of AI. DW reported that several recent incidents had drawn attention to the possibility of AI agents operating in unintended ways.
Amodei warned over the weekend that uncontrolled global AI development could carry a risk of AI-led agents taking over the entire internet within six to 12 months. Microsoft has separately published a code of conduct intended to preserve human control over AI systems.
The debate has also involved the US government. The Pentagon previously sought to designate Anthropic’s models as a security risk and proposed a temporary ban on one of the company’s more advanced models, according to DW.
DW said the concerns contributed to a worldwide decline in AI-related stocks, including shares of chipmaker Nvidia, which fell 3.5%, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which fell 1.7%. Trump’s remarks frame the issue as a competition with China, while technology executives have emphasized regulation and control as responses to the risks posed by rapid development.