Trump Rejects AI Regulation Calls as 'Sick Conspiracy'

President Trump has sparked controversy in the AI community by dismissing calls for regulation and safety precautions as 'naivety' or 'sabotage'. In a post on Truth Social, he stated that artificial intelligence only requires one 'guardrail': a strong and smart president.

This comes as several industry leaders, including Sam Altman and Elon Musk, have been advocating for a slowdown in the development of advanced AI systems due to safety concerns. Trump singled out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei by name, accusing him of misleading the public about the risks of artificial intelligence.

Amodei's company, Anthropic, is one of the leading AI safety-focused companies in the world and has repeatedly argued that frontier AI models could pose catastrophic risks if deployed without adequate testing and oversight. Trump's response was to label Amodei's advocacy as a 'SICK conspiracy' that would slow American innovation and hand the AI race to China.

The semiconductor sector saw shares decline following Trump's post, with Nvidia down 4% premarket and AMD dropping 2.5%. Companies in the AI space are now facing uncertainty about regulatory frameworks, making it difficult to make long-term investments.