--- title: "Trump Pushes Back on AI Slowdown, Says 'Whoever Wins With AI Wins,' Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Tech Must Stay 'Under Human Control'" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298869972.md" description: "President Trump urged against slowing AI development, prioritizing US leadership over China rather than regulation. Conversely, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other tech leaders advocate for deliberate pacing and human control in superintelligence pursuit. While Musk, Amodei, and Altman call for industry-wide slowdowns due to risks, Meta's Zuckerberg favors broad distribution of AI tools. Microsoft stock closed slightly higher with strong momentum scores." datetime: "2026-09-14T03:19:27.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298869972.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298869972.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298869972.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Trump Pushes Back on AI Slowdown, Says 'Whoever Wins With AI Wins,' Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Tech Must Stay 'Under Human Control' President **Donald Trump** said the U.S. shouldn’t slow its AI development, arguing that “whoever wins with AI wins” and that maintaining America’s lead over China matters more than added regulation, even as **Microsoft Corp.** (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO **Satya Nadella** and other industry leaders push for more careful, deliberate progress toward superintelligence. ## **‘Whoever Wins With AI Wins’** When asked whether the AI industry should slow down or face more regulation, Trump told reporters during a trip to his Doonbeg golf course in Ireland on Sunday that the U.S. remains the “most sophisticated country in the world” in AI and needs to keep that edge over China. “You have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up,” Trump said, adding, “they’re bringing up things that won’t happen,” while acknowledging guardrails could still be added. ## **Nadella Says Speed Must Come With Guardrails** In a post on X on Sunday, Nadella said any pursuit of superintelligence must be “grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it’s not worth pursuing.” He said this requires “a frontier ecosystem in which both closed and open-source models can thrive,” arguing that oversight “cannot be controlled by a handful of entities” and instead needs “broad representation across the ecosystem, countries, and fields, including academia.” He added that Microsoft welcomes “the research, focus, and deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right as the design goal,” and is publishing a “Code of Conduct” for its own AI models for public consultation Monday. > Any pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing. > > We also need to accelerate and spread the benefits of AI, such that they are diffused broadly across… > > — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) September 13, 2026 ## **Other Industry Leaders Are Sounding Similar Alarms** **Space Exploration Technologies Corp.** (NASDAQ: SPCX) CEO **Elon Musk** has repeated his warning that “AGI is significantly higher risk than nuclear weapons,” while **Anthropic**‘s **Dario Amodei** has called for the industry to “pace the frontier,” a position backed by **OpenAI**‘s **Sam Altman**. Amodei has called China the “toughest dilemma” in his push for an industry-wide slowdown, telling CBS News on Sunday that the “incentives to pull ahead” and the military advantage tied to AI progress make a coordinated global speed limit difficult, though he said, “we should try.” ## **Zuckerberg Signals a Different Approach** However, **Meta Platform Inc.** (NASDAQ:META) CEO **Mark Zuckerberg**, in a July Wall Street Journal op-ed, said that superintelligence should be broadly distributed to individuals rather than concentrated among a handful of institutions, saying that putting powerful tools directly in people’s hands, rather than centralizing control, has historically been how humanity makes its biggest leaps forward. He argued that widely available superintelligence would ultimately create more jobs and a more entrepreneurial economy, not fewer opportunities. Last week, Meta unveiled Muse, a personal AI agent that takes on tasks directly, handling things like emails, travel bookings and purchases on a user’s behalf. Futurum Group CEO **Daniel Newman** said “Zuck enters the room, pulls the pin, drops grenade, walks out.” > Zuck enters the room, pulls the pin, drops grenade, walks out. 😏 💣 https://t.co/jFlOfG9x75 > > — Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV) September 13, 2026 **Price Action:** On Friday, Microsoft closed 0.65% higher at $495.63 and fell 0.17% in after-hours trading. **Benzinga edge rankings** indicate Microsoft’s stock has a Momentum score in the 77th percentile and a Growth score in the 98th percentile. **See More:Top Momentum Stocks** ***Disclaimer:*** *This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.* *Photo: IAB Studio / Shutterstock* ### Related Stocks - [META.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/META.US.md) - [MSFT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFT.US.md) - [MSFO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFO.US.md) - [MSFD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFD.US.md) - [METD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METD.US.md) - [MSFU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFU.US.md) - [MSFL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFL.US.md) - [METW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METW.US.md) - [MSFX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFX.US.md) - [FBL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBL.US.md) - [METU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METU.US.md) - [FBY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBY.US.md) - [FBYY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBYY.US.md) - [MAGX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MAGX.US.md) - [MSFW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFW.US.md) - [MSFY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFY.US.md) - [OpenAI.NA](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/OpenAI.NA.md) - [DXYZ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DXYZ.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [‘Not If, but When,’ Says Top Investor About Microsoft Stock](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299065198.md) - [Microsoft AI Releases Draft Code Of Conduct For MAI Models](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298935159.md) - [Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298923672.md) - [Microsoft CEO Nadella Backs Slower AI Development as Tech Stocks Slide](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298914059.md) - [Metaâs Zuckerberg weighs in on AI safety; favours evaluators over slowdown](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299109655.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**