Trump AI Advisor David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic should shut down if products can't be safe
DavidSacks · x · 2026-09-16
In a CBS interview, Trump's AI advisor David Sacks was asked whether OpenAI and Anthropic should halt operations if their models become dangerously life-threatening.
Sacks said it's incumbent on any corporation to ensure product safety, citing massive product liability; if a product can't be delivered safely, he won't tell them to continue. But he expressed confidence that focusing on good engineering in their labs will let these problems be solved.
The statement effectively frames frontier model safety as a corporate liability matter rather than something requiring government-mandated shutdowns.
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