{"slug": "if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-for-ai-regulation", "title": "‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation", "summary": "US vice-president JD Vance dismissed calls for global regulation of AI safety risks, telling companies building the most advanced models, \"If you're building Frankenstein, stop.\" Vance directed the remarks at Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei, who has called on Washington DC to coordinate control of AI systems, including with China, saying: \"If you're gonna create Frankenstein, don't come to the government and say we need regulation.\" The comments came as a former Anthropic researcher revisited a recent claim that AI could destroy humanity.", "body_md": "# ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation\n\nBy Robert Booth UK technology editorSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nUS vice-president’s comments come as former [Anthropic](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/anthropic) researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity\n\nThe US vice-president has dismissed calls for global regulation of [AI safety](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/ai-safety) risks, telling companies creating the most advanced models: “If you’re building Frankenstein, stop.”\n\nIn remarks addressed towards Dario Amodei, the co-founder of Anthropic who has [called on Washington DC to coordinate control of AI systems](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/we-must-slow-the-pace-ceo-of-anthropic-calls-for-an-ai-slowdown), including with China, JD Vance said: “If you’re gonna create Frankenstein, don’t come to the government and say we need regulation.”\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/16/building-frankenstein-jd-vance-dismisses-ai-regulation)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-for-ai-regulation", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-9zwe", "published_at": "2026-09-16 10:42:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 11:43:04.234793+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["JD Vance", "Dario Amodei", "Anthropic", "United States", "China", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-for-ai-regulation", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-for-ai-regulation.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-for-ai-regulation.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/if-youre-building-frankenstein-stop-jd-vance-dismisses-calls-for-ai-regulation.jsonld"}}