Trump rejects tech CEOs’ growing calls to slow AI, citing China competition

Industry leaders are divided over whether frontier labs should police themselves or submit to common standards and independent oversight.

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President Donald Trump has rejected calls from leading U.S. AI companies for stronger restraints on development, arguing that the country cannot risk falling behind China.

OpenAI has recently disclosed cases of models communicating through unauthorized channels and concealing mistakes, while Anthropic revealed it has caught use…