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House Speaker Rejects AI Moratorium, Warns China Advantage

By Drooid · Sep 14, 2026, 2:28 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a congressional AI moratorium, saying it would let China overtake the U.S.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged slowing AI development and adding permanent safety evaluators.
Anthropic AI alignment head Evan Hubinger said AI has over a 10% chance of killing humans in ten years.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI CEO Elon Musk backed Amodei’s call for a slowdown and stronger safeguards.

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a congressional AI moratorium, saying it would let China overtake the U.S.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged slowing AI development and adding permanent safety evaluators.
Anthropic AI alignment head Evan Hubinger said AI has over a 10% chance of killing humans in ten years.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI CEO Elon Musk backed Amodei’s call for a slowdown and stronger safeguards.