Trump blasts AI critics but may meet tech leaders amid calls for more regulation

On Monday, US President Donald Trump expressed strong opposition to critics of data centers and the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). Trump labeled those who oppose the technology as part of a "sick conspiracy," claiming the United States was in a race against China for AI supremacy. He asserted that the winner would ultimately control the world economy and that the US government had taken steps to prevent AI from being used for "bad, or potentially bad, things."

Trump also claimed that his administration had stopped AI researchers from engaging in harmful activities.

The Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson later stated that Congress would consider regulating AI and that Trump would meet with tech executives either this week or next week. Trump reiterated his stance on AI, stating that China was doing nothing to inhibit its development, and that AI and data centers would be the greatest economic development engine in history. He also called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who confirmed that the US would not let opposition to AI and data centers succeed.

In response to growing concerns about AI, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for a slowdown in AI model development. The essay gained traction after Sam Altman and Elon Musk endorsed his calls for caution. However, Senator Bernie Sanders, who has long advocated for AI regulation, declared that his efforts for accountability and oversight would continue, stating that merely slowing down the pace of AI development was insufficient.