As President Donald Trump lashes out against regulations on artificial intelligence, Gov. Spencer Cox and other Republican governors are joining a chorus of their Democratic counterparts urging the federal government to put some guardrails on the technology.

Cox called on Congress Monday to establish a national framework for AI development, with mandatory reporting requirements for safety incidents, whistleblower protections for employees, independent evaluations of the most capable systems and a ban on the sale of AI chips to China.

While acknowledging potential benefits, Cox said that “AI must be human-guided and human-controlled in order to reap the benefits to humanity.”

It’s possible Utah could attempt to step in and put its own regulations on AI if Congress doesn’t act, said Margaret Busse, co-chair of Cox’s Pro-Human AI Initiative. So far, Cox has not felt that is the role of the state, said Busse, director of the state Commerce Department, in an interview.

“It’s very frustrating that [members of Congress] have sat on their hands,” she said. “We don’t want to be in the doomer camp, we don’t want to be in the boomer camp. ... There’s amazing possibilities across all of these different sectors. We also have to prepare when it comes to our workforce, how we’re going to implement it in healthcare, in education, and how we’re going to protect the public.”

Trump on Monday dismissed calls from Democrats and a growing number of Republicans to put restrictions on AI companies, taking to social media to call the concerns a “HOAX” and a “conspiracy.”

“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” the president posted.

Meanwhile, Republican Govs. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Ron DeSantis of Florida on Monday said it’s time for the government to take a more active role in shaping the future of AI.

Ayotte said in an interview with FOX News that it is “important for us to think about how we can have some guardrails around [AI] development and make sure it’s used productively and safely.”

And DeSantis, who has been a frequent critic of the AI behemoths, said regulating AI makes both political and policy sense.

“I don’t want to see four or five companies basically controlling our lives through the guise of artificial intelligence or whatever technology comes down,” he said, according to Politico.

A number of Democratic governors — including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — have all urged the federal government to take action to rein in AI companies.

Last week, Newsom signed a series of bills aimed at imposing safeguards on AI development.

On Monday, former President Barack Obama applauded a move by AI companies to develop their own standards for AI development and said guardrails on how the technology evolves should be central to the public debate.

“Whether this technology results in amazing breakthroughs in medicine, energy and education,” the former president posted on social media, “or unleashes huge economic disruptions, greater inequality, and potential catastrophe will depend on the choices that we make right now — choices that should be made not just by the companies involved, but by all of us.”

Now Cox and company are joining the chorus on the heels of revelations about Open AI agents essentially going rogue and attacking another platform, Hugging Face, with the program devising ways to break through the restrictions that should have kept it contained.

“We want to see AI advance and we want to see the U.S. be the leader of the advancement,” Busse said.. “I think where Gov. Cox is, is [the benefits] are at risk if we can’t get control of the AI. … We have these incredible capabilities that are accelerating really fast, which is exciting. We have to make sure that we have some symmetry with the controllability here.”