Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged a slowdown of AI development in an open letter, gaining public backing from OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Elon Musk and tentative support from Alphabet’s Demis Hassabis. Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the call, arguing a pause could let China overtake the United States in the AI race. They emphasized maintaining U.S. leadership, stating that “whoever wins AI, wins.”