Trump dismisses AI extinction risks as more than a dozen OpenAI, Anthropic insiders call for a slowdown

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Trump dismisses AI extinction risks while insiders from OpenAI and Anthropic call for a slowdown in AI development due to safety concerns.

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# Trump dismisses AI extinction risks as more than a dozen OpenAI, Anthropic insiders call for a slowdown Source: [https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/11/trump-ai-extinction-risks.html](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/11/trump-ai-extinction-risks.html) U\.S\. President[Donald Trump](https://www.cnbc.com/donald-trump/)has dismissed warnings that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, after a wave of insiders at frontier labs Anthropic and OpenAI stepped up[public warnings of risks](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-ai-safety.html)from the technology[\.](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-ai-safety.html) When asked if he had concerns about AI leading to human extinction, Trump said, "No, I don't have any\."

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