Dario Amodei · Anthropic · OpenAI · Donald Trump · Axios · Sam Altman · Axios
Washington's message to AI execs: please shut up
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Washington has always viewed Silicon Valley as culturally strange.
Key facts
- Democrats also have paid close attention to how much top AI and tech leaders have cozied up to President Trump
- Even pro-AI government officials and lawmakers wish AI founders would do what every other major industry chief does, shut up and build their products. safely
- Washington's headaches with AI execs also extend to OpenAI, and both companies are targets of a developing FTC investigation
- Anthropic says it briefed the White House and affected agencies on the safety incidents once their reviews were complete, and it is working with the Super Intelligence Force as it develops
Summary
Even pro-AI government officials and lawmakers wish AI founders would do what every other major industry chief does, shut up and build their products. safely. By centering the conversation around digital sentience and global catastrophe, AI leaders are turning an already complicated regulatory debate into an impossible moral panic. Rather than leading the charge to persuade Americans about the benefits of AI, and the potential for shared prosperity, the core elements of any winning political campaign, industry leaders are constantly warning of its existential dangers. What they're saying: Lawmakers say the message from AI execs too often alternates between prosperity and doom, sometimes in the same public appearances. "It's obvious that they're tripping over their own shoelaces in trying to sell the value of this to the public," Sen. "It's hard to imagine a group right now that operates more in a vacuum, more out of touch with everyday Americans, than the AI industry.