Donald Trump described on 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 security mechanism 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 AI people from doing bad or potentially bad things" and that there is already "enormous 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 of the Frontier," in which he urged the industry to adopt a more measured approach to the development of AI model capabilities 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, potentially causing damages amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars, in addition to 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 companies in the sector, and international cooperation.
What turned Amodei's call into an unprecedented event was the simultaneous backing of his main rivals: Elon Musk from xAI wrote "Dario is right" on his X network, while Sam Altman from OpenAI expressed agreement with "setting the pace of the frontier."
Amodei himself acknowledged that "the industry lied to people" for too long about the real dangers of technology, although he rejected a complete ban on development.
Trump interpreted this convergence of industry leaders as a threat to the competitive advantage of the United States against 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!" and issued a direct warning to those pushing for a regulatory debate: "Conspiracy theorists, seditionists, traitors, and leakers: beware!"
This stance is consistent with the policy 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 2026, 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 leading executives in the tech 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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