Bangladesh

Dacca, Tuesday, September 15, 2026. In the local press, Donald Trump's attitude after the call to slow down the development of artificial intelligence launched by Anthropic's boss, Dario Amodei, is reported as another piece in the displayed rivalry with Beijing. On Truth Social, the American president wrote that the only "safeguard" AI needs is "a strong and intelligent president (high IQ!), and the United States has one, and not just a little!", qualifying the industry's concerns as a "sick conspiracy" against AI and data centers. According to him, "the only one who benefits" from the doubt cast on the development of artificial intelligence is China.

Bangladeshi media are also reporting his remarks made to journalists, where he described the warnings from industry leaders as "very negative forces" evoking scenarios that "will not happen". "We are ahead of China in AI. We are the most sophisticated country in the world, and I clearly want it to stay that way, because whoever wins AI wins," he said, adding that safeguards are still possible without slowing down the race.

The alert that preceded these statements comes from the resignation, reported the previous week, of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who claimed that "the people building AI sincerely believe it could kill us all before the end of the decade". AI-related stock prices fell on Monday worldwide after the joint call from several industry leaders, including Sam Altman and Elon Musk, to slow down the pace of technological development. Democratic Senator Mark Warner spoke with Amodei and Altman about these concerns over the weekend, according to his spokesperson quoted by Reuters.

Trump claims to already have "considerable penal and regulatory power" over these companies, without detailing any new measures. Neither of the two articles mentions an official Bangladeshi position on AI regulation or any direct impact mentioned for the country: the subject is treated as a fact of American politics observed from a distance, under the angle of rivalry with China rather than that of technological risks themselves.