Trump Rejects Calls for AI Guardrails, Blasts Anthropic’s Amodei

President Donald Trump rejected calls for artificial intelligence guardrails in a Monday social media post and criticized Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei for urging a slowdown in the technology's development. Trump blamed a "SICK conspiracy" for voter backlash on AI data centers and rising concern about frontier models, adding that "the only one that is happy about it is China." Trump wrote that "the only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT" and said the U.S. already holds "tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies.

Bloomberg -- President Donald Trump dismissed calls for artificial intelligence guardrails and slammed Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei for urging a slowdown in the technology's development. Most Read from Bloomberg In a Monday social media post, Trump blamed a "SICK conspiracy" for voter backlash on AI data centers and increased concern about frontier models and added that "the only one that is happy about it is China." "The only control or "guardrails" that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART High IQ PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades " Trump posted. "We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies " Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek ©2026 Bloomberg L.P.