Why Are AI CEOs BEGGING Trump to Regulate AI? (He Said No) -Ep. 28

THE TRICKCAST: Boardroom Scholars and Magicians · Oct 7, 2026 · 19m

Summary

Why would the people building AI ask the government to slow them down?

OpenAI, Anthropic and their researchers are calling for AI regulation, warning of risks up to and including extinction. Trump's answer, delivered live on a call with Nvidia's Jensen Huang: full speed ahead, and the US will not finish second to China. Alex and Amir set out to answer the question the headlines skip: what do the AI companies actually get out of being regulated?

Amir, a former telecom CEO, starts with a blunt premise: AI can't be slowed down anymore. Today's models dispatch armies of autonomous agents…