Anthropic, OpenAI urge AI self-regulation as Trump calls alerts a "hoax"

The week's debate marks a new phase in the global discussion of AI risk, according to the article. What stands out is that the disagreement runs through the industry itself rather than between the industry and its critics. On one side are the frontier labs — Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX and Google DeepMind — arguing for self-regulation checks that give AI models more control. On the other are Microsoft, Amazon and Meta, which say they are developing tools to check, control and regulate AI risks.

Into that split stepped US President Donald Trump, who called the alerts a "hoax". The article does not say how, or whether, his view shapes policy, only that it sits alongside the executives' statements.

The clearest measurable consequence in the piece is financial: the call for caution coincided with a rotation out of tech stocks at the start of the week, as investors questioned whether the pace of the booming AI buildout should be repriced. What remains undecided, based on the article, is whether that rotation reflects a lasting change in how investors price AI growth or a short-term response to the week's headlines — a question that likely depends on whether the White House and Congress act on the competing industry views.