Trump’s former AI czar tells Anthropic and OpenAI to slow down, and to stop asking for anything in return

David Sacks, former White House AI czar, urged Anthropic and OpenAI to continue developing frontier models but to abandon requests for antitrust waivers or special approval regimes, arguing that existing product-liability law and market forces already provide discipline. He cited Europe’s February 2025 decision to treat AI software as a product under strict liability, which imposes liability without fault and covers cybersecurity flaws and unsafe self-learning behavior.