From CBS News · · 1m 20s
CEOs say slow down. Trump says no.
Three of the biggest names in AI asked for a brake on their own industry, and Washington shrugged.
In brief
Three of the biggest names in AI asked for a brake on their own industry, and Washington shrugged. When the people building AI ask to be slowed down and the White House declines, the pressure for limits has to come from somewhere other than the builders. Originally reported by CBS News.
A warning from inside
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI development has reached a turning point and called for slowing it down. The warning came from one of the companies doing the building.
Rivals actually agreed
OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed the call. Three leaders who compete hard and argue publicly landed on the same answer about pace.
Trump waves it off
President Trump downplayed the warning from the AI leaders, putting the White House at odds with the executives closest to the technology.
Washington splits
CBS News correspondents Aaron Navarro and Taurean Small reported on how lawmakers are sorting themselves out in response, with no single position emerging.
Why the ask is strange
Companies rarely lobby for limits on their own product. That the loudest brake request came from the builders is the part worth sitting with.
What happens next
A slowdown needs someone with the power to impose it. Right now the executives asking are the ones racing, and the government is not inclined to step in.
The key point
When the people building AI ask to be slowed down and the White House declines, the pressure for limits has to come from somewhere other than the builders.
