Trump Administration pushes back on “doomsday” narrative

September 15, 2026

It’s been a tumultuous few days with media coverage on the “doomsday” concerns raised by 27-year-old Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit to call attention to the issue.

Many in the AI industry appeared to agree with Coxon, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Satya Nadella.

But not all were sold. Jensen Huang disagreed with Coxon’s assessment. So did President Trump, Vice President Vance, and David Sacks, the former AI Czar for the Trump Administration.

Below are some of their comments:

@cnn
Vice President JD Vance on Monday questioned why AI industry leaders are calling for more regulation, warning it could amount to a “Trojan horse” by companies that could benefit from new restrictions. His comments come after President Donald Trump pushed back on calls for guardrails on AI development, saying his priority is leading China in the AI race.
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@nbcnews
President Donald Trump on Monday called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a company all-hands meeting and gave another full-throated defense of artificial intelligence after Huang put the call on speakerphone.
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@cbsnews
EXCLUSIVE: Trump AI advisor David Sacks tells CBS News’ Jo Ling Kent that tech leaders like Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei have a responsibility to ensure their products are safe — and should “step aside” if they can’t control what they’re building. #ai #artificialintelligence #trump #anthropic #tech
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Even china disagreed with the AI doomsday narrative

China also disagreed with the AI doomsday narrative.

@aljazeeraenglish
China called for international cooperation on artificial intelligence, warning that “threat narratives” could disrupt global AI governance. The comments follow Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for AI firms to slow model development over safety and national security concerns.
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Jacob Coxon ignited a firestorm over fears of AI doomsday probability (P doom). What, if anything, will come of it? – Chat GPT Is Eating the World says:

September 18, 2026 at 1:30 pm

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