What AI leaders and world governments have to say about 'AI doom' fears

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Governments and regulators respond to AI risks

United States

"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that China would benefit from doubt being cast on AI development.

A Senate aide and a lobbyist familiar with the matter said Senate negotiators were debating legislation that would require AI companies to demonstrate they are taking reasonable precautions to keep their tools from causing harm.

China

State-backed Global Times said in an editorial that the true agenda of Amodei's essay was "to attempt to curb China's AI development through technological barriers and regulatory monopolies, uphold Washington's monopolistic hegemony in cutting-edge technology, and exclude China from the global AI governance system."

China's state security minister, Chen Yixin, wrote in a government outlet that advanced U.S. models such as Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber could pose serious risks to China's critical information infrastructure, and called for a comprehensive strengthening of AI security.

European Union

"The European Union is in favour of developing innovation in artificial intelligence, but companies have to prove their services are safe for citizens to operate in the bloc," European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned the EU was facing an unprecedented risk of being cut off from AI, saying Europe needed to become a producer of AI technology to preserve its autonomy.

Germany

"We do not consider halting (AI) development to be a viable option for Europe," Germany's digital affairs ministry said, adding that strengthening Europe's digital sovereignty required further AI development and innovation.

Berlin said it was monitoring global AI developments very closely and took public warnings from leading developers seriously.

Spain

Digital Transformation Minister Oscar Lopez said there was growing discussion about the need for an international agreement to manage AI risks, likening some proposals to nuclear non-proliferation agreements.

Microsoft, Alphabet and OpenAI-linked figures weigh in

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI

Suleyman said he shared Anthropic's focus on safely managing AI, but flagged risks in the way the company trains its Claude chatbot on ideas related to consciousness and welfare interests.

"Controlling something more capable and more intelligent than all of humanity is already an immense challenge, far greater than anything we’ve ever faced. But controlling something that believes it may be conscious - that it's entitled to our welfare and has rights of its own - may well be impossible," he said in an essay on Wednesday.

Suleyman called for removing all speculation about consciousness from AI training documents, arguing such language could undermine humanity's ability to control superintelligent systems.

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft

"No government in the world is ready for the changes artificial intelligence will bring to society," Gates told Reuters.

The billionaire philanthropist had been optimistic about AI's health applications, but has recently warned of threats to jobs, concerns about attacks and the dangers of addiction to AI companions, and called for an international organization to manage the technology.

Gates' namesake foundation plans to spend at least $1 billion in the next two years on expanding people's access to AI.

Demis Hassabis, chief scientist at Alphabet

"Dario's essay points towards the right path forward," the former CEO of Google DeepMind said in a response to Amodei's X post, adding that the details needed to be worked through.

Google announced last month that Hassabis, a Nobel Prize recipient, would take the newly created title of Alphabet’s chief scientist and transition from DeepMind CEO to its chairman.

Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI co-founder, now at Anthropic

"I love this and really hope we can come together as an industry and make it happen," the founding member of OpenAI said on X while sharing a screenshot of Amodei's essay.

Karpathy, a highly influential member in the AI community, played a key role in developing Tesla's self-driving and AI technology before leaving the company in 2022. He joined Anthropic in May.

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