Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: The Verge

What happened

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.

Key facts

  • OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X.
  • Reported by The Verge and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:41:48 UTC.

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Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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