# 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.
- Title: CEOs say slow down. Trump says no. · CBS News | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: ai policy, dario amodei, sam altman, trump, regulation, news, CEOs, say, slow, CBS News
- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/video/how-trump-and-lawmakers-are-responding-to-ceos-call-for-ai-slowdown
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai policy, dario amodei, sam altman, trump, regulation, 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.
## Key takeaway

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.