Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for a slowdown in AI development at a San Francisco conference. He proposed embedding third-party evaluators, coordinating safety standards among democratic nations, and eventually achieving global coordination. Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged companies to "run as fast as you can" and argued against new regulations. Huang suggested AI companies should independently ensure product safety before release. Former President Donald Trump echoed Huang’s sentiment, calling AI concerns a "hoax" that would benefit China. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the rapid advancement of AI models and the need for increased rigor in monitoring and security. He stated the public has valid reasons to fear AI's potential loss of control and the concentration of power. Google DeepMind's cofounder supported Amodei's approach, and Microsoft's Satya Nadella endorsed broader third-party testing and safety measures, while also publishing internal AI development guidelines. Investor Michael Burry dismissed these calls as self-serving, arguing large language models are not yet artificial general intelligence. He believes competition benefits current leaders and that warnings serve as hype for IPOs. Former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun and AI ethicist Timnit Gebru also expressed skepticism, suggesting the calls to slow down are disingenuous. However, some, like CNN commentator Van Jones, remain concerned, highlighting a lack of clear direction and the seriousness of warnings from departing AI ethicists.