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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation

JD Vance speaks during an event at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe, Kansas last week
JD Vance advised frontier AI companies to ‘look inward’ when it came to safety risks. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Reuters

The US vice-president has dismissed calls for global regulation of AI safety risks, telling companies creating the most advanced models: “If you’re building Frankenstein, stop.”

In remarks addressed towards Dario Amodei, the co-founder of Anthropic who has called on Washington DC to coordinate control of AI systems, including with China, JD Vance said: “If you’re gonna create Frankenstein, don’t come to the government and say we need regulation.”

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