TechAI safety: Trump rejects slowdown and stresses US industry leadership

US President Donald Trump has rejected calls to slow AI development, saying he does not want the United States to lose its industry lead. The response followed an essay by Anthropic’s chief executive urging companies to reduce the pace of work on increasingly powerful models and strengthen monitoring and safeguards. China’s state media called the move a “Cold War” tactic aimed at restraining Beijing’s technological rise, while AI-linked stocks fell.

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