Donald Trump described this Monday the warnings about the risks of artificial intelligence as a "sick conspiracy" and rejected any additional regulation of the sector, asserting that the only safeguard this technology needs is his own presidency.
"The only control or mechanism of security that AI needs is a strong and intelligent president (with a high IQ!), and the United States has more than enough of that!" the president wrote on his Truth Social network.
Trump argued that his administration "has prevented people in AI from doing bad or potentially bad things" and that there is already a "huge penal and regulatory power over these companies," which is why he dismissed the need for new regulations.
The catalyst for his statements was an essay published on Saturday by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, titled "We Must Set the Pace at the Frontier," in which he urged the industry to adopt a more measured approach to the development of AI model capabilities in order to enhance safety.
Amodei warned that within six to twelve months, swarms of autonomous bots could take control of part or all of the Internet, with potential damages amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars, as well as risks of cyberattacks, bioterrorism, and economic disruption.
The essay proposed a three-phase plan: independent external evaluators with broad access to training processes, common standards among industry companies, and international cooperation.
What made Amodei's call a groundbreaking event was the simultaneous support from his main rivals: Elon Musk, from xAI, wrote "Dario is right" on his platform X, while Sam Altman, from OpenAI, expressed agreement with "setting the pace at the frontier."
Amodei himself acknowledged that "the industry lied to people" for too long about the real dangers of the technology, although he rejected a complete ban on its development.
Trump interpreted this convergence of industry leaders as a threat to the competitive advantage of the United States over China, framing it in geopolitical terms: “There is a sick conspiracy against AI and data centers, and the only one who is happy about it is China.”
The president insisted that the technological race allows for no pauses: "Whoever wins in AI, wins!" He also issued a direct warning to those advocating for regulatory debate: "Conspiracy theorists, seditionists, traitors, and leakers: beware!"
This position is consistent with the stance that Trump has maintained since the beginning of his term. In January 2025, he announced the Stargate project, an investment of 500 billion dollars in artificial intelligence, and in April, he published a federal AI policy framework aimed at centralizing regulation and preventing state laws from hindering the country's competitiveness against the Asian giant.
The confrontation between the White House and the top executives of the technology sector opens a debate with no resolution in sight: whether the race for supremacy in artificial intelligence can be sustained without independent control mechanisms, or if the pace of development has already surpassed any government's ability to manage it.
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