Trump dismisses calls for AI slowdown from leading tech CEOs

US President Donald Trump downplayed the need for his administration to impose checks on artificial intelligence development, expressing concern over losing the US's lead to China. Speaking to reporters in Ireland, he acknowledged the need for some regulation but did not provide specifics. His comments followed a blog post by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocating for a slowdown in AI advancements to allow for guardrails.