Trump puts AI speed ahead of guardrails in the China race
The administration is treating AI safety as a competitive risk: slowing development, Trump argues, could hand China the lead. That puts Washington at odds with industry warnings, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s estimate that AI could lead swarms of agents within six to 12 months, while House Speaker Mike Johnson still called for “some guardrails” and safety measures. The policy fight is shifting from whether AI needs limits to whether limits can survive a race narrative.