Donald Trump
Role at the time: President of the United States, speaking to reporters
Mixed or conditional
Responding to
Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
“We can put guardrails, we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that ... shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen. But whoever wins with AI wins.”
Why we used this label
Mixed or conditional: Trump acknowledged that guardrails could be used but also downplayed some warnings and prioritized winning the AI competition. The statement does not give an unconditional defense of a particular company or a concrete regulatory commitment.