Trump Clashes With Anthropic CEO Over AI Regulation

In September 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump rejected calls to regulate artificial intelligence and publicly attacked Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI company Anthropic, after Amodei urged slowing down AI development. Trump said the only regulation AI needs is a "high IQ" president and dismissed concerns as a "sick conspiracy." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella agreed on slowing AI development but also had a "wake-up message" for Amodei. China rejected what it called "alarmism" about AI, and a compute deal worth $13.7 billion between Anthropic and the Trump-linked Rum Group was reported. The "Godfather of AI" backed Amodei's call to slow development.