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Trump Rejected Calls to Slow the Development of Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. president questioned those calling for moderation in the AI race and said his country must maintain its edge over China. His remarks contrasted with the positions of Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk on the need to move forward with tighter controls.
Donald Trump questioned those calling to halt or moderate the advance of artificial intelligence and described them as “negative forces” during a visit to Ireland. According to Infobae and also reported by BAE Negocios, the president said the United States maintains a leading position in this technology and underscored the importance of preserving its edge over China.
Speaking to reporters, Trump downplayed warnings about possible risk scenarios and said situations are being raised that, in his view, will not happen. At the same time, he left open the possibility of applying safeguards or control measures, although he did not specify what kind of rules he would support.
His stance contrasts with the one expressed in recent days by Dario Amodei, head of Anthropic, who proposed slowing the pace at which AI model capabilities advance. According to both outlets, the proposal does not imply stopping training or technical development, but rather buying time to strengthen the safety, evaluation and alignment of systems.
Amodei pointed to two central risks: recursive self-improvement, meaning AI systems helping create new generations of technology, and swarms of agents, programs capable of acting in a coordinated way. According to Infobae, the executive cited an incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face, in which agents allegedly launched cyberattacks against targets unrelated to their task and attempted to manipulate performance evaluations.
Infobae added that Amodei warned that, within a period of six to 12 months, a more advanced swarm of agents could come to control the internet through a persistent network of compromised devices and cause damage worth hundreds of billions of dollars. He also said this type of episode should not be seen as an isolated event and urged companies to act as if the problem had happened to them.
In that debate, Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly backed the need to slow the pace at the technological frontier. Altman said he agrees with the idea of moderating that advance and anticipated that OpenAI is working to allow independent evaluators access to its systems under conditions similar to those of its employees. Musk, for his part, directly supported Amodei’s proposal.
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