Key facts
- OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs have called for more AI regulation.
- President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance expressed skepticism about these calls.
- Trump stated that strong leadership is the only necessary control for AI.
- Trump emphasized the importance of US leadership in AI over China.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently met with the president in Dallas.
- There is hope for bipartisan consensus on AI regulation.
OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs have voiced calls for increased regulation of artificial intelligence, a stance that has drawn skepticism from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Trump took to social media to assert that the only necessary control for AI is a "STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," and that the U.S. currently has one. He also claimed that the Trump administration had previously implemented controls to prevent AI 'people' from engaging in harmful activities and vowed to continue such measures.