AINewsPolicyTrump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreactingThe Republicans fear slowing down AI development could give China the edge.The Republicans fear slowing down AI development could give China the edge.by Terrence O’BrienSep 13, 2026, 7:41 PM UTCShareGiftImage: Cath Virginia \/ The VergeTerrence O’Brien is the Verge\u2019s weekend editor. He\u2019s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to \u201cpace the frontier\u201d and slow down AI development. OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet\u2019s Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei\u2019s proposal.Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and fear that a pause could lead to China outpacing the US in the AI race.<\/p>\n
According to the Financial Times, Trump said \u201cLook, we\u2019re leading China in AI … and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins.\u201dJohnson echoed those sentiments on CNN, telling Jake Tapper that rushing to place restrictions on AI development could be a \u201cnational security threat.\u201d He urged people not to panic. \u201cIf Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try and regulate AI, we will lose the race to China.\u201dFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Terrence O’BrienAIAnthropicNewsOpenAIPolicyPoliticsxAIMost PopularLG responds to TV spying allegationsStarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooterSamsung says \u2018Tim Cook\u2019 bought a Galaxy FoldYour car is selling your dataApple addresses iPhone Duo copycatsAdvertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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