Anthropic head and industry leaders urged AI development slowdown
BBC News on September 15, 2026, published a video explainer titled “Why is Donald Trump so opposed to regulating AI?” examining the president’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence. The video was presented by Sarah Smith, the BBC’s North America editor.
The segment identifies two reasons that are keeping the US president from regulating AI, according to the BBC’s description of the explainer.
The BBC’s report frames the explainer against the backdrop of a public call from the head of AI company Anthropic for the pace of artificial intelligence model development to slow down and to be closely monitored. Other AI industry leaders have joined the call, the BBC reported.
Trump is opposing calls to regulate the technology, according to the BBC.
The video was produced by Cai Pigliucci, filmed by Ian Druce, and edited by Meiying Wu, according to the BBC’s credit information.
On the BBC’s website, the video appears under the topic tags United States, artificial intelligence, and Donald Trump.