Trump Rejects New AI Guardrails and Attacks Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
President Donald Trump said AI does not need additional regulatory guardrails, arguing that existing criminal and regulatory powers over AI companies are already sufficient, according to Coinpedia. In the same remarks, Trump accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of doing “bad, or potentially bad, things.”
According to CNBC, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the only control or “guardrails” AI needs is a strong and smart, high-IQ president, and that the US has that in spades. He said his administration has stopped AI figures from doing bad things, naming Amodei, and warned that any move to slow the buildout risks losing ground to China.
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Key facts
- Trump said Sunday that AI does not need additional regulatory guardrails, arguing the US already holds significant criminal and regulatory power over AI companies.
- He accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of doing “bad, or potentially bad, things,” and claimed there is a “sick conspiracy” against AI and data centers.
- Trump said whoever wins the AI race “wins,” and reaffirmed that the US intends to stay ahead of China.
- Amodei had published a blog post on Saturday titled “We Must Pace the Frontier,” calling for slower development to reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong, CNBC reported.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said on CNN that an emergency session to regulate AI would mean losing the race to China.
Trump added in his Truth Social post that the only reason the AI and data center uproar is happening is that the US is leading every other country, telling critics not to kill the golden goose. He also said on Saturday that the US is leading China in AI and that whoever wins AI wins. On oil, he said prices will “drop like a rock” once the military conflict with Iran ends and that it will not take long, adding that crude is currently flowing through the Strait of Hormuz and that countries which have not supported the US will be expected to reimburse America after the conflict concludes.
Where the policy fight stands
The remarks landed in a sudden crescendo of concern from inside the industry. Beyond Amodei’s post, CNBC reported that former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit and warned the technology could “kill us all by the end of the decade,” while accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of “gambling with our lives.” Other tech CEOs, including OpenAI chief Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, said over the weekend that they agreed with calls for a slowdown.
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White House AI czar David Sacks pushed back on those fears on Saturday, writing on X after Amodei’s warning that tech giants should go ahead and pace the frontier themselves, that their motivation is not purely altruistic because a damaging cyberattack would bring massive product-liability exposure, and that China would be very unlikely to join any global agreement to regulate the technology. Any AI legislation from Congress appears highly unlikely before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, with House members set to leave Washington on Thursday and stay in their districts through October. Speaker Johnson reinforced the point, telling CNN that panicking would be the wrong response. Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s post.
Why it matters
The exchange defines the fight over who sets the pace of AI development: the White House and House leadership are aligned with rapid growth, while some of the most prominent names in the industry are asking for restraint. For crypto and AI markets that increasingly depend on the same data centers and regulatory posture, the signal is that Washington is not preparing new restrictions in this session. Nations that did not back the US in the Iran conflict also face an expectation of reimbursement once it ends, a reminder that Trump’s AI and energy positions are being framed through the same leadership argument.
What to watch
Congress is set to leave Washington on Thursday and will not return to legislate before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Whether Anthropic or Amodei responds publicly to Trump’s post, and whether other AI executives follow Amodei or Sacks, are the next markers to track.
This is not financial advice, and markets are volatile and uncertain.
Reported by coinpedia.org.
