Trump dismisses AI extinction risks as more than a dozen OpenAI, Anthropic insiders call for a slowdown - CNBC

President Donald Trump dismissed warnings that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat, according to a CNBC report dated September 11. Asked whether he had concerns about human extinction, Trump replied, 'No, I don't have any.' The report presents the exchange as his answer to the extinction question specifically, separate from his stated competitive concerns.

CNBC does not identify those individuals by name in the material summarised here, and it does not specify when the call was made or to whom it was directed. The article places the two developments side by side, presenting the internal industry request and the president's remarks as divergent responses to the same question of pace.

The report attributes Trump's answer to remarks made to reporters and does not give a location for the exchange beyond the publication date of September 11. Nor does the article indicate any policy, legislative, or regulatory action connected to either the question or the answer. The article does not quantify the group of insiders beyond 'more than a dozen.'