President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected calls for a broad slowdown in artificial intelligence development, while saying the technology can still be subject to safeguards. Speaking to reporters at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, Trump said concerns about AI becoming uncontrollable were exaggerated. He argued that the United States is ahead of China in the field and should preserve that advantage. “We’re leading China in AI, we’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI, wins,” Trump said. He added that the government and industry could establish “guardrails,” but did not outline specific policies. Trump’s remarks followed warnings from leaders of major AI companies that the rapid expansion of increasingly capable systems could create serious risks. Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, called Saturday for companies and governments to pace the development of advanced AI and increase international cooperation. Amodei warned that people could lose control of powerful AI systems and said the technology could be used to facilitate cyberattacks or bioterrorism. He proposed independent evaluators at AI laboratories to report incidents and monitor safety practices, saying Anthropic would adopt those measures on its own. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and technology executive Elon Musk said they agreed with Amodei’s concerns. Altman also said OpenAI would delay plans to go public until at least 2027 because of safety issues and that company officials had discussed pausing some tests to make the technology safer. House Speaker Mike Johnson, speaking Sunday, also opposed a moratorium. He said emergency congressional action could allow China to overtake the United States, but argued that the technology needed a measured approach and that companies should take the lead in developing safety standards. David Sacks, co-chair of Trump’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, responded that companies should be free to slow their own work if they believe unreleased models pose serious dangers. He also suggested that liability concerns, including the possibility that AI-enabled products could contribute to a major cyberattack, may be influencing industry calls for restraint. The dispute places the administration between two competing priorities: accelerating AI development to strengthen U.S. economic and national-security power, and establishing enforceable protections before systems are deployed widely. For communities, the policy debate could affect how AI is used in schools, workplaces, health care, public services and elections, as well as who is held responsible when automated systems cause harm.