Palantir CEO Alex Karp pushed back against calls from AI leaders like Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk to slow frontier models, arguing that rivals like China and Russia won't pause.
Russian investment chief Kirill Dmitriev agreed, saying you can't put the genie back in the bottle, while taking a jab at Karp's haircut and sales tactics.
Karp has long compared AI to an arms race like the Manhattan Project, warning that U.S. hesitation hands advantages to competitors. The clash underscores the divide between safety advocates and those prioritizing speed in a high-stakes global contest.