David Sacks: OpenAI and Anthropic Don't Need Regulations to Pace Frontier Models

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460

37•kolanos•46m ago

Comments

Insanity•22m ago

They’ll slow down not because they “are worried” but because their improvements are stagnating as they hit financial and technical challenges.

kypro•6m ago

> because their improvements are stagnating as they hit financial and technical challenges.

I don't mean to be rude, but how is it even possible for someone to hold this opinion in mid-2026?

Can you explain why you believe this?

socalgal2•19m ago

Admits China won’t stop but says USA’s top should. Reminds me of City in the Edge of Forever

elicash•10m ago

David Sachs wants to use government to punish people he disagrees with politically, like Dario.

He supported the Department of War's illegal actions against Anthropic.

He supported the Trump administration's temporary export controls against Anthropic, the first government-imposed pause.

He has said Anthropic has created a monopoly, implying that they should be broken up.

I don't take him seriously when he says he doesn't favor government action. He favors it when he doesn't like their speech.

Founderarcstone•8m ago

this is like a real-world game of thrones episode.

tjwebbnorfolk•6m ago

poor Anthropic

elicash•5m ago

A principled individual could dislike Anthropic and still not favor using government to punish speech.

kypro•3m ago

You're being downvoted because you clearly have the wrong opinion. If you want upvotes here, please share a conspiracy theory about why the CEOs of AI companies might want to slow down.

It doesn't need to based in reality or even reasonable.

nba456_•5m ago

He's right that if all the frontier labs are in agreement that they should slow down, they don't need the government to do that.

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