{
  "id": 7341595,
  "title": "Trump Says He’s the Only AI ‘Guardrail’ Needed and Mocks Anthropic CEO’s Call for AI Slowdown: ‘Pretending to Be a Perfect Little Angel’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-hes-the-only-ai-guardrail-needed-and-mocks-anthropic-ceos",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T15:17:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/trump-ai-guardrails-mocks-anthropic-ceo-development-slowdown-1236861231/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Donald Trump has stated that he is the only \"guardrail\" needed for AI development, downplaying the need for industry-wide protections. This comes after the CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI called for a slowdown in AI development due to safety concerns. Trump made the comments in a Truth Social post, where he also criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for \"pretending to be a perfect little angel\".\n\nAccording to Variety and TheWrap, Trump claimed that his administration has already prevented AI developers from doing \"bad\" or \"potentially bad\" things. He also asserted that the US is leading China and other countries in AI development and will continue to do so. Trump's comments appear to be a response to Amodei's essay, in which he argued that the industry needs to slow down development to address safety concerns.\n\nTheWrap reports that Trump's criticism of Amodei may be personal, as Anthropic refused to remove safety restrictions for the Department of Defense, leading Trump to order the government to phase out use of Anthropic products. Trump also accused \"conspiracy theorists, treasonists, traitors, and leakers\" of working against AI and data centers, and claimed that China is the only beneficiary of efforts to slow AI development.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Trump says a strong, smart president is the only \"guardrail\" AI needs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-a-strong-smart-president-is-the-only-guardrail-ai-needs",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:13:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Trump slams Dario Amodei, saying \"the only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!\" (Hadriana Lowenkron/Bloomberg)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-slams-dario-amodei-saying-the-only-control-or-guardrails-that",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:25:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Microsoft CEO says AI needs 'deliberate pacing' as Trump weighs in",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/microsoft-ceo-says-ai-needs-deliberate-pacing-as-trump-weighs-in",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:45:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Science",
        "title": "Trump says the only AI guardrails the U.S. needs is him as president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-the-only-ai-guardrails-the-u-s-needs-is-him-as-president",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:45:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Trump Says the Only AI Guardrail Needed Is ‘A Strong and Smart President,’ Belittles Anthropic CEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-the-only-ai-guardrail-needed-is-a-strong-and-smart",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:49:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Trump says no need for more AI regulation, slams Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-no-need-for-more-ai-regulation-slams-anthropic-ceo-dario",
        "published": "2026-09-14T15:09:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}