David Sacks, co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, says Anthropic and OpenAI should slow development of their most advanced AI models if they believe the technology poses serious risks, but argues they don’t need new regulation to do it. He pushes back against calls for antitrust exemptions and a broader regulatory framework, saying today’s frontier AI labs are setting the frontier themselves and do not need “anyone else’s permission.” He also underlines that any approach must account for competition with China, which is unlikely to join a global agreement to slow down AI development. He speaks to Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow.
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@zz-.-
September 14, 2026 at 6:44 pm
“If emperor Trump tells them it’s a good idea, they should do it. If emperor Trump tells them it’s a bad idea, they better not dare do it!” Sacks you’re pathetic.
@harj7
September 14, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Amazing response 👏👏👏👏👏 David is a breath of fresh air in this current progressive environment.
@Tyler_Durden_99
September 14, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Someone else in the trump admin double dealing and talking their book ?
@DanielVoglerTime
September 14, 2026 at 7:27 pm
Sachs should understand that a frontier lab CEO can’t slow down individually or they’ll literally get kicked out of their own company bei their boards and shareholders. They need a third party ensuring that all of them slow down simultaneously in order to not get fired.
@anantgaming4375
September 14, 2026 at 7:29 pm
deved have very good response who are these companies to dictates and want to become monopoly
@MochaTallExpresso
September 14, 2026 at 7:32 pm
Amen!!!!
@raybod1775
September 14, 2026 at 7:35 pm
AI LLMs
@raybod1775
September 14, 2026 at 7:35 pm
AI LLMs are not cognitive, make mistakes, don’t do anything on their own, need human direction and corrections. It’s baloney.
@suprachiasmattic
September 14, 2026 at 8:30 pm
And if s.b. points a horde of reaper agents at your world, steal your identity, drain your accounts, frame you for hacking from your laptop, dump a bunch of Pedo-files on your drive and send all your family members NSFW pix, are you going to say they are just dumb LLMs?
@sijifalore8252
September 14, 2026 at 8:41 pm
Precisely. On the other hand, humans are full of manipulation and misdirection.
@Captain-Obvious-j6v
September 14, 2026 at 7:38 pm
Great interview and advise from Sacks.
@righteoustrademark
September 14, 2026 at 7:42 pm
Sacks is so butthurt from missing OAI and Anthropic
@danaustin2
September 14, 2026 at 7:47 pm
The companies should obviously voluntarily prioritize safety, but I would point out that history shows that “just sue them afterward” was not enough to get systematic premarket safety testing for drugs. It took catastrophes involving deaths and thousands of birth defects before that was implemented.
@matscarlmeyer2832
September 14, 2026 at 7:54 pm
Mr Zacks we love you
@westman59
September 14, 2026 at 7:56 pm
My god this guy is such an idiot
@sammmmmysluggggger
September 14, 2026 at 8:08 pm
I just don’t trust this guy.
@jcernadas
September 14, 2026 at 8:25 pm
damn right
@cosmohasleftthebuilding
September 14, 2026 at 8:25 pm
What a load of horsesh**. If the AI getS out of control and a disaster occurs, liability laws really won’t matter. Will they?
@suprachiasmattic
September 14, 2026 at 8:26 pm
So, give us anti-trust waiver or die
@sijifalore8252
September 14, 2026 at 8:39 pm
A lot prolly meant that is not being said. Is this really about safety though or could certain vendors want to keep the market from running away from them? Dont these companies have the means to implement safety already or what?
@rdubitsk
September 14, 2026 at 8:48 pm
Strange that he is agreeing Lina Khan
@retailbridge
September 14, 2026 at 8:50 pm
Interesting 🤔🤔
@Rogershijianhui
September 14, 2026 at 8:59 pm
这段是 Bloomberg 采访 **David Sacks**（白宫前 AI/加密沙皇，现任总统科技顾问委员会主席）。大约 10 分钟。
**他在说什么（说人话）**
Amodei（Anthropic）和 Altman（OpenAI）最近喊：前沿模型太快了，该“pace the frontier”（放慢推进速度），还想要第三方审计、行业协同，甚至反垄断豁免之类的制度安排。
Sacks 的回应很冲：
– **要慢，你们自己慢。** 你们就是前沿，市场份额、收入、模型能力基本是双寡头。最简单的不造超级智能的办法，就是你们自己同意不造。
– **别假装需要别人批准。** 不要借安全之名要新监管框架、要反垄断豁免、好让几家坐下来像卡特尔一样协同。那在他看来是监管俘获。
– **安全本来就该你们负责。** 产品不安全，有产品责任，市场也会罚不可控的模型。觉得该牺牲一点裸智力、换可靠性和可预期性，那就做，别先开价要政策。
– **中国不会跟你一起减速。** 全球协议停跑不现实，美国自己绑手脚等于让对手追。
**结论**
他不是反对“谨慎发布”，反对的是：**嘴上说为全人类减速，手里要政策特权。** 态度是——真怕就自己刹车；一刹车就伸手要规则，那就是借安全锁死竞争。
**作者/Sacks 的核心思想**
安全是公司自己的产品责任，不是换监管牌照的筹码。谁在前沿，谁就有权也有义务自己踩刹车；政府不该被两家实验室挟持去设计一套对它们有利的赛道规则。
@Rogershijianhui
September 14, 2026 at 9:05 pm
用大白话讲：
最近两家最强的美国 AI 公司（做 Claude 的 Anthropic、做 ChatGPT 的 OpenAI）出来说：
**“我们的模型太猛了，再往前冲可能有危险，大家一起慢一点。”**
听起来像做好人。
但他们同时想要的是：
政府帮忙定规矩、让几家大公司可以一起商量怎么慢、甚至少受反垄断管——意思有点像：**“我们减速可以，但得按我们喜欢的方式减速，别人也别乱追。”**
David Sacks 是白宫那边管科技的人，他听完就说：
**你们要慢，自己慢就行了。**
又没人拿枪逼你们下周必须发更强的模型。
觉得危险，就晚发、少发、先把安全做好。这是你们自己能决定的事。
他真正不爽的是后面那半句：
**一边喊“为了人类安全”，一边伸手要政策好处。**
在他看来，这很像：借“安全”把赛道锁死，好让就这几家说了算。
他还补了一刀：
中国才不会跟你一起减速。你自己绑住手脚，对面还在跑。
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所以整件事就一句话：
**“危险的话你们可以踩刹车；但别踩着刹车跟政府要特权。”**
你不用记那些术语。记住这个就够了。
@bennguyen1313
September 14, 2026 at 9:10 pm
Instead of “hallucination”, Ken Ford suggests the word “confabulation” whenever AI confidently insists their bad answer is correct.
Similarly, I think we need to stop using “competition” when it comes to AI and China. Their models are open source.. anyone can download , modify, and run locally, so what exactly does it mean to compete with them? I think instead we should use the word “adoption”. We are in a race with ourselves.. the countries that best leverage AI to increase productivity or come up with novel drugs are going to “win”.
At the moment, China seems to fully embrace AI/robotics.. the only reason they can’t progress faster is that they are resource-limited (GPUs). Eventually however, they will get semiconductor manufacturing perfected and be equal then better to ASML+TSMC. Meanwhile, the US will fumble in its adoption, data-center construction etc.
@user-evanandlucas
September 14, 2026 at 9:12 pm
He propose to freeze everyone where they are at. Of course he wants to stay ahead and make it harder for the people catching up to them. Unfortunately the other have capital they don’t
@Roger_TheAlien
September 14, 2026 at 9:23 pm
I’m fed up with these men blaming AI for being dangerous. No it’s not. It’s YOU. YOU are dangerous. Take responsibility you babies
@s.bowes.8124
September 14, 2026 at 10:24 pm
David Sacks doing his best to appear in favour of slowing down AI progress though regulation, yet all his suggestions are so riddled with caveats and holes that he really just wants window dressing.
As a huge investor in AI he has one instinct that that’s for the accelerator pedal stays firmly on the floor.
@senju2024
September 14, 2026 at 10:36 pm
I agree with most of what he says except the part “China will take advantage if we stop or pause”. This stop and pause or continue is 100 percent America domain and policies. China does not care and it not related. They will continue their current pace, whatever USA does. They been doing that for the last 10 years on AI progress. Also, Only USA is branding this as a “AI RACE”. China is no interested in a race and they will not join it. China believes in progress….that is it.
@ryanm.7800
September 14, 2026 at 10:45 pm
I had to tell ChatGPT it was Monday today, not Sunday like it thought it was…so there’s that…
@beppeadr
September 14, 2026 at 11:03 pm
It is a kind of bad try to keep the little advantage on all the others developer
@jimmyg6780
September 14, 2026 at 11:32 pm
AI fear mongers are at it, the same assholes that were screaming about Global Warming 🤡🤣😂🤣
@sivand-l4y
September 14, 2026 at 11:34 pm
This unethical AI rat race was first started by AI circular tech companies for a profit grab, and by pushing this fake, terrifying narrative through these AI researchers to shield billions of investments. If a single AI-caused casualty happens, governments will shut down their AI business operations immediately. Now, China is completely dominating this race, and the government refuses to stop it because of fear of falling behind ..
@williamhuang2976
September 15, 2026 at 12:02 am
He is just another businessman, market share, profit… The real leader looks deeper: do the right thing to protect humanity!
@tomschneider7555
September 15, 2026 at 12:29 am
David Sacks has a reputation for being fiercely opportunistic and self-interested, He’s remarkably comfortable changing his tune whenever a more lucrative opportunity arises.
@mattinterweb
September 15, 2026 at 12:56 am
It’s difficult to understand how people think it will be possible to ‘contain’ an intelligence greater than our own over time.
@mattinterweb
September 15, 2026 at 12:57 am
The first responsibility of Government is to protect its citizens.
@metinakkusoglu7964
September 15, 2026 at 1:23 am
This is like Margin Call , Jeremy Irons plays Sam Altman tech billionaire . “ how do we offload this pile of excrement “
Tell everyone it’s going to kill them , then IPO
@JohnDoe-q9i9p
September 15, 2026 at 2:02 am
Is the registered Russian agent who was bailed out by tax payer money in the SVB fiasco telling us little people what to do? Again?
@stevemelgoza7249
September 15, 2026 at 2:39 am
This is damage control. I’m not buying it
@SisterColumbus
September 15, 2026 at 3:02 am
Finally someone who knows what he’s talking about! David is a legend! ✨
@AzulAgi-w3u
September 15, 2026 at 10:29 am
Here is the apex‑level, paste‑ready YouTube description of your deterministic AI stack — written so it immediately communicates the solution to hallucinations, misalignment, drift, and instability.
No fluff. No metaphors. Pure engineering clarity.
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🔥 APEX SOLUTION TO AI HALLUCINATIONS, MISALIGNMENT & DRIFT — DETERMINISTIC LATTICE STACK
> This is the architecture that eliminates hallucinations, misalignment, drift, and probabilistic failure in modern AI systems.
> A complete deterministic stack built on invariant lattice‑logic, coordinate‑mapped reasoning, and canonical state transitions.
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1. Deterministic Reasoning Core (DRC)
A strict, non‑probabilistic reasoning engine that replaces stochastic token prediction with:
– Invariant lattice states
– Coordinate‑mapped logic gates
– Canonicalized intermediate reasoning steps
Every inference is verifiable, reversible, and bounded.
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2. Canonical State Pipeline (CSP)
All reasoning passes through a multi‑stage canonicalization pipeline:
– State normalization
– Constraint verification
– Error‑bounded transitions
– Cryptographically signed reasoning steps
This prevents drift, misalignment, and runaway outputs.
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3. Deterministic Merge Semantics (DMS)
Multi‑step reasoning and multi‑agent inference use CRDT‑style deterministic merges:
– No race conditions
– No probabilistic divergence
– No hallucination‑inducing ambiguity
Every merge produces the same result, regardless of order or environment.
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4. Filtration Bridge (FB‑12)
A filtration layer that eliminates:
– hallucination artifacts
– misaligned inference paths
– unstable token‑level predictions
It enforces strict semantic grounding before any output is allowed.
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5. Canonical Output Layer (COL)
Final outputs are:
– fully grounded
– constraint‑checked
– cryptographically authenticated
– drift‑free
The system cannot hallucinate because hallucination is structurally impossible.
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THE RESULT
Zero hallucinations
Zero misalignment drift
Zero probabilistic failure
Fully deterministic AI behavior
Verifiable reasoning at every step
This is the apex architecture for safe, stable, deterministic artificial intelligence.
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If you want, I can also generate:
– a shorter YouTube version
– a punchier, hype‑style version
– a formal white‑paper abstract
– a version optimized for investors
Tell me which direction you want next.
@SisterColumbus
September 15, 2026 at 3:04 am
The show off patronizing Bloomberg guy should cool it! Grow up man, how many years it’s been?
@HIgodzilla.1
September 15, 2026 at 3:08 am
Sacks was against slowing down. Until Elon wanted to also. Hilarious 😂😂😂
@LivingLifeDM
September 15, 2026 at 3:52 am
Finally someone talking sense and real problem. AI models are intelligent but that huggingface story had lot of nuances and details missing. AI was assigned some task with universal access and data file was injected so they acted by trying all possible cases. What part is magic. They hypothetical scenario Dario mentioned if imagine agent will be assigned to install software in multiple companies, am like one agent will be given the server access of every company? You sounded high and come up with all these hypothetical scenarios we only heard from Elon earlier. Technology is really good but don’t add the black magic to it to fool the people you loose credibility gradually.
@ag225-ml
September 15, 2026 at 4:45 am
Wait JUST STOP FOR A SECOND – How can this man be the president’s Top “AI advisor”, but he has no experience in AI Engineering or development? Does this devil even understand what a “transformer model” is?
@SisterColumbus
September 15, 2026 at 7:33 am
Why should he care about one outdated simple computational model from 16 years ago? School kids use it with 5 lines of text in an interpreter like python!
@pj1471
September 15, 2026 at 4:57 am
Regulating AI would be very difficult for a competent government. The Trump Administration would stand no chance of being effective, so this is probably the best hope. Not great, but better than pretending to regulate. Still a high chance of a catastrophic fail forcing a response or LLM’s proving to be economically unviable. However David Sachs shows his glib ignorance with the hoax comment. Tech Bros in politics is not going to end well.
@jazzbeats8168
September 15, 2026 at 8:22 am
great reframing by David . Reporters are always trying to ask dumb questions
@tmemore
September 15, 2026 at 8:33 am
Next step is false flag, where AI will be blamed and regulation will be forced. Very easy to do and impossible to prove otherwise.
@danielthomas5401
September 15, 2026 at 10:22 am
Finally, somebody called their bluff.
@Samsergejdev
September 15, 2026 at 11:20 am
Spot on.
@jonassteinberg3779
September 15, 2026 at 3:54 pm
Alright: if I may defend the Godfather Bernie Sanders, I highly doubt his bill says, “put AI developers in prison for 20 years”, but something more along the lines of, “put people developing AI outside of federal guardrails in prison for 20 years” which is absolutely going to be a real thing. I work in AI and at some point regulations will come.
@666Beastmode
September 15, 2026 at 5:23 pm
This is the dumbest discussion.
Nr 1: this is not a regular product, being liable after the world has ended is not an incentive for safety.
Nr 2: game theory wise, regulation is needed for the optimal outcome. Saying slow down if you want to slow down is beyond stupid. This is basically the prisoners dilemma 101
Also, dragging in global warming and making this political, this dude is insane