Donald Trump Criticizes AI Slowdown Advocacy, Targets Anthropic CEO

Donald Trump stated on Truth Social on September 14 that a high-IQ president is the only necessary guardrail for AI development. He specifically criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, accusing him of posing as a "perfect little angel" while advocating for slower AI progress. Trump emphasized that his administration holds significant criminal and regulatory authority over AI companies and framed the AI race as a critical national security issue, declaring that whoever wins the AI race wins globally. He further asserted that the U.S. currently leads China in AI and vowed to maintain this dominance.