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MS NOW reports that Donald Trump met privately with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm convention to discuss AI’s growing power, at Altman’s request. The report also says Altman, Elon Musk and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged a slowdown in artificial-intelligence development over the weekend.
Why it mattersThat is a reported political conversation and a stated position, not evidence that any slowdown has been agreed or defined. The immediate question is whether these calls become concrete rules, independent checks or simply another very serious conversation about a very fast-moving technology.
Discuss: What concrete safeguard, if any, should follow from these leaders’ calls to slow frontier AI?
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Watch Desk Update What changedThe frontier-AI slowdown debate now has a sharper political split. MS NOW reports that President Donald Trump privately met OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman backstage at the Republican midterm convention after Altman requested the meeting, with the discussion focused mainly on AI and its growing power. The report gives no detailed account of the conversation, but says the two men have since taken opposing positions: Altman has argued that development should slow before capabilities outrun alignment and monitoring, while Trump says AI needs no guardrails beyond a strong and smart president. Elon Musk and Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei have also called for a slower pace, according to the report. These remain attributed positions, not evidence that any slowdown has been agreed or defined.
Sources and evidence
- MS NOW, citing people familiar with the meeting: MS NOW reports that Donald Trump privately met OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman backstage at the Republican midterm convention after Altman requested the meeting.
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