White House AI czar Sacks backs OpenAI, Anthropic slowing on their own terms
White House AI czar David Sacks responded to Dario Amodei's call to 'pace the frontier' and Sam Altman's endorsement, saying OpenAI and Anthropic are the frontier and may slow down without anyone's permission—while opposing regulation used as a pretext.
2026-09-13 ~ 2026-09-13 · 3 related posts
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- AI czar David Sacks backs frontier labs slowing down — but slams cartel and METR independence claims — kevinnbass · 2026-09-13
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