The House speaker shared his take after CNN’s Jake Tapper said AI leaders “seem terrified” about where artificial intelligence is headed.

Speaker Mike Johnson has so far shown little appetite to keep House lawmakers in Washington.

Mike Johnson says media is ‘spun up’ over AI threat: ‘Stupid, knee-jerk reaction’ - Johnson’s words come as even Republicans warn about the risks of AI

The president blamed “negative forces” for raising alarm. Speaker Johnson said the U.S. cannot “lose the race to China.”

“There is an obvious corporate responsibility that the people who are creating these models have to have to ensure that their products are safe," the House speaker said Sunday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN's "State of the Union" that AI developers, not Congress, bear responsibility for ensuring their products are safe.

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and fear that a pause could lead to China outpacing the US in the AI race. According to the Financial Times, Trump said “Look, we’re leading China in AI ... and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins.”

Trump has dismissed AI fears as ‘hoax’, insisting US safeguards suffice and warning slowdown benefits China.

House Speaker Mike Johnson wants AI guardrails while Trump calls safety risks a hoax, exposing a Republican rift on AI regulation ahead of

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected an AI moratorium, warning China could overtake the U.S. as Anthropic, Elon Musk and Sam Altman push for a slowdown.