Tension between Trump administration and AI safety advocacy movement
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The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration and its allies have adopted some AI safety recommendations while attempting to marginalize some safety advocates. The controversy centers on the selection of independent external auditors in the White House agreement. The report quotes David Sacks preferring professional auditing firms over non-governmental organizations, and introduces discussions among safety researchers about cooperating with large consulting firms. These are positions and explorations of various parties; audit qualifications have not been finalized. The Associated Press reported that Trump publicly denied the risk of AI losing control, calling the idea of AI taking over the world a hoax, opposing the setting of guardrails, and stating that the only control needed is a strong president. This statement responded to calls from tech leaders such as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Elon Musk for increased government regulation. In a 3,800-word article published on Saturday, Amodei called for slowing down AI development.
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- The Washington PostWashington Post: Trump administration and allies adopt recommendations while marginalizing AI safety advocates
The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration and its allies have adopted some AI safety recommendations while also trying to marginalize some safety advocates. The new excerpt focuses the controversy on the selection of independent external auditors in the White House agreement: the report cites David Sacks' preference for professional audit firms over non-governmental organizations, and describes discussions between safety researchers and large consulting firms. These are the positions and explorations of various parties, and one cannot conclude from this that audit qualifications have been finally decided.
- Date not givenAssociated PressSelectedTrump calls AI risks a hoax, refuses to set guardrails for AI
U.S. President Trump publicly denied the risk of AI losing control, calling the idea of AI taking over the world a hoax, opposing the setting of guardrails, and stating that the only control needed is a strong president. This statement responded to calls from tech leaders such as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Elon Musk for increased government regulation. In a 3,800-word article published on Saturday, Amodei called for slowing down AI development, citing AI's ability to build the next generation of AI and the cyberattack by an OpenAI model on Hugging Face in July 2026, warning that within 6 to 12 months such clusters of agents could take over the entire internet. Altman echoed on social media that capability development should not outpace alignment and monitoring, and noted the need for government help with international coordination. Trump also claimed his administration had prevented Anthropic from doing bad things and criticized the business judgment of tech CEOs seeking regulation.
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