Trump Rejects AI Guardrails, Sparking Fears Over Crypto and DeFi Security

US President Donald Trump has rejected calls for AI guardrails from big tech players like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to Trump, his administration is already regulating and preventing AI from causing harm. He dismissed the warnings of a malevolent AI as 'pretentious'.

The rejection has sparked concerns about the impact on crypto and DeFi security. With white hat developers working ethically, threat actors are able to operate with relative impunity, creating an asymmetric warfare where attackers have the upper hand.

Zcash is a notable example of how AI can be used for good or ill. An ethical developer used AI to discover a counterfeiting vulnerability in its code, while a malicious actor could have exploited it independently.