Mike Johnson Argues AI Leaders Need To ‘Take Personal Responsibility’

The House speaker shared his take after CNN’s Jake Tapper said AI leaders “seem terrified” about where artificial intelligence is headed.

Mike Johnson rejects AI moratorium over China threat as conservative activist demands guardrails

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected an AI moratorium, warning China could overtake the U.S. as Anthropic, Elon Musk and Sam Altman push for a slowdown.
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Trump, Mike Johnson cite China as both downplay AI doom warnings

The president blamed “negative forces” for raising alarm. Speaker Johnson said the U.S. cannot “lose the race to China.”

Tech companies must be responsible for AI safety, Mike Johnson says, not Congress

“There is an obvious corporate responsibility that the people who are creating these models have to have to ensure that their products are safe," the House speaker said Sunday.

Mike Johnson Punts on Jake Tapper's AI Regulation Question as Industry Calls for Guardrails: 'China Will Overlap Us'

House Speaker Mike Johnson argued that it is the AI industry's responsibility to ensure its technology is safe, saying that government regulation of the space could "smother American innovation." Johnson appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday morning for a 16-minute conversation with Jake Tapper.

Mike Johnson sends House on recess: List of AI bills in progress

Johnson said he was canceling Thursday's legislative day, sending lawmakers home for a seven-day break.

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and fear that a pause could lead to China outpacing the US in the AI race. According to the Financial Times, Trump said “Look, we’re leading China in AI ... and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins.”