Dario Amodei, the leader of Anthropic, supports demands for a slowdown in AI development. A former Anthropic researcher told the BBC that AI staff are genuinely frightened about what lies ahead. OpenAI's boss and Elon Musk are supporting slowing down what they call reckless AI development. US President Trump takes a different line. He says whoever wins AI wins, and downplays risks as things that won't happen.
The warnings are coming from industry leaders and researchers. They are calling for care before further advances. Trump's view is very different from that outlook. He argues the race for AI superiority is more important than potential dangers.