Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, is backing efforts for a slowdown in AI development. A former Anthropic researcher told the BBC that AI staff feel real fear over the fate of humanity. OpenAI's boss and Elon Musk are supporting slowing down what they call reckless AI development. US President Trump sees it another way. He says whoever wins AI wins, and brushes off dangers as things that won't happen.

The warnings come from industry leaders and researchers. They want more caution prior to the next steps. Trump's view stands in stark opposition to that outlook. He argues the race for AI superiority is more important than any downsides.