Trump’s former AI czar tells Anthropic and OpenAI to slow down, and to stop asking for anything in return
David Sacks told Anthropic and OpenAI to go ahead and pace the frontier but to stop seeking an antitrust waiver or an approval regime, arguing that product liability and market pressure already discipline them. Europe reached the same conclusion about liability in February 2025, and from 9 December treats standalone software as a product under strict liability.
David Sacks told Anthropic and OpenAI to go ahead and slow down, and to stop asking for anything in return, ANI reported. He chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and was the White House AI and crypto czar until March.
His answer to the two chief executives was that they are the frontier. “The easiest way not to build superintelligence is for you to agree not to build it,” he wrote.
What he refused was the list attached to it. Companies asking to pace the frontier...
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