Trump's opposition to AI rules undercuts industry's calls for a slowdown

US President Donald Trump criticized AI company leaders' calls to slow model development, saying AI only needs a "strong and smart president." Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed audits and safety standards, backed by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Satya Nadella. Experts see federal AI regulation as unlikely soon.

• Trump said AI needs no restrictions beyond a "strong president"
• Amodei proposed embedding evaluators in AI firms and safety standards
• Altman, Musk and Nadella publicly backed the slowdown call
• Experts: federal AI regulation unlikely without presidential support