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Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

The Verge · Technology · 2026-09-13

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 voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei's proposal. The Republicans fear slowing down AI development could give China the edge. Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting.

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