Ron DeSantis on Artificial Intelligence

Statements and actions by Ron DeSantis on this topic.

Public disputes concerning artificial intelligence, including its development, uses, safety, governance, effects on creative work, and role in research.

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1 statement on this page. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

Ron DeSantis
Role at the time: U.S. political figure; statement on his own public account.
September 9, 2026Mixed or conditional
Responding to
Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
"that there is even a possibility that these technologies would elude human control is alarming."
Why we used this label
Acknowledges possible danger while expressing skepticism about some alarmism; contemporaneous commentary rather than an established direct reply.
Ron DeSantis on Coxon’s warning and the frontier AI safety debate (opens in a new tab)

- Ron DeSantis

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