Washington is suddenly facing an unusual spectacle: some of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are urging the federal government to step in and put limits on how quickly the technology develops.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have both called for a more deliberate approach to the development of increasingly powerful AI systems. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has also joined discussions surrounding industry-wide safety standards.
The companies describe the issue as one of safety.
But Vice President JD Vance is looking at the situation from a very different angle.
