{"slug": "trump-speaks-the-truth-on-artificial-intelligence", "title": "Trump speaks the truth on artificial intelligence", "summary": "President Donald Trump dismissed warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about slowing frontier AI development, saying \"You have a lot of very negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up, and they're bringing things up that won't happen.\" The Washington Examiner editorial endorsed Trump's position, arguing that calls to slow AI development are wrong. The exchange highlights the divide between AI industry leaders urging caution and political figures pushing for faster development.", "body_md": "On the [artificial intelligence](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/Artificial-Intelligence) revolution, President [Donald Trump](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/Donald-Trump) is right, and the prophets of doom are wrong.\n\nResponding last weekend to calls by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to slow the development of frontier AI models, Trump responded, “You have a lot of very negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing things up that won’t happen.”\n\n## Stay informed.Stay ahead.\n\nJoin Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most.\n\n[See Options](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/subscribe/digital/)\n\nAlready a member? [Log in](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sign-in/)\n\n  Already a print subscriber?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-speaks-the-truth-on-artificial-intelligence", "canonical_source": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4727595/trump-speaks-truth-artificial-intelligence/", "published_at": "2026-09-16 10:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 10:15:06.532271+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "Dario Amodei", "Anthropic", "Sam Altman", "OpenAI", "Washington Examiner"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-speaks-the-truth-on-artificial-intelligence", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-speaks-the-truth-on-artificial-intelligence.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-speaks-the-truth-on-artificial-intelligence.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-speaks-the-truth-on-artificial-intelligence.jsonld"}}