Donald Trump

“The US government forced Anthropic to shut down access to its most powerful model — not just for foreigners, but for everyone, including its own employees — with only 90 minutes' notice on a Friday afternoon.”

“It's great having world-beating AI firms, but you do rather rely on the rest of the world buying their stuff to get the full benefit... for those next few years, Trump will be president. That means Anthropic, and in theory, every US model-maker, lives or dies by Caesar's thumb.”

“President Donald Trump wants early access to AI cybersecurity.”

“The S&P 500 hit a record 7,412 and the Nasdaq set all-time highs on May 11, even as Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal the same week.”

“Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, xAI CEO Elon Musk and Sacks all spoke with Trump between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.”

“President Donald Trump postponed signing an executive order that would have expanded federal oversight of AI companies, saying he did not want to slow the U.S. in its AI race with China amid internal White House divisions over how aggressively the fast-moving industry should be regulated.”

“Trump told reporters: "I think it gets in the way of — you know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I didn't want to do anything to get in the way of that lead."”

“Trump has already left Beijing as you read this, and as predicted on the podcast, the deliverables from his visit were underwhelming (at least so far).”

“In 2024, the presidential race, President Trump in California, without even campaigning here or spending money on ads or anything... got 6.1 million votes. In other words, there's more than enough.”