Sacks Tells AI Firms to Slow Down, Drop Demands

David Sacks, former White House AI and crypto czar, publicly told Anthropic and OpenAI to slow their frontier AI development. He argued they should stop seeking antitrust waivers or a special approval regime, stating that existing product liability and market pressure are sufficient discipline. Sacks called such demands 'blackmail' and questioned the independence of evaluator METR, which is tied to Anthropic's investors.