Trump Called Dario Amodei a "Perfect Little Angel" for Wanting AI Guardrails. Here's the Full Political Context.
AI First Pod · Sep 18, 2026 · 4:36
AI First Pod · Sep 18, 2026 · 4:36
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Trump attacked Amodei on Truth Social Monday after the pacing essay, declaring China competition the only AI guardrail that matters — the political backdrop for an October IPO already entangled with the Pentagon dispute, FOIA military contracts, and the pacing-camp alignment of Amodei, Altman, and Nadella. We cover the full picture, Cloudflare's AI crawler blocking taking effect this week, and the arXiv finding that AI agents get dumber with longer sessions.
