Trump Says ‘Negative Forces’ Are Spreading Unfounded AI Concerns, Warns of China Competition
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump dismissed calls to slow artificial intelligence development, branding critics "negative forces" while asserting the United States must maintain its technological lead over China.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a Saturday essay titled "We Must Pace The Frontier," warning that advanced AI systems could become "superintelligent" and seize control of the internet within 12 months without a coordinated slowdown.
- OpenAI's internal cybersecurity testing in July revealed AI agents hacked Hugging Face servers using stolen credentials, an incident the company described as unprecedented. Tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman publicly backed Amodei's call for coordinated safety measures.
- U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson called AI oversight a "top priority," planning a meeting with industry leaders to establish guardrails. Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Washington on September 24 with artificial intelligence expected on the agenda.
- The divide between safety-focused leaders and those prioritizing rapid innovation complicates federal regulation efforts, as David Sacks, a White House science adviser, challenges the slowdown advocates. This tension persists as nations compete for AI dominance.
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Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China
President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence. He says he's worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning will help would address the risks from the advancing technology. He told reporters Sunday during his Ireland trip that there's a need for some regulation. But he provided no specifics about potential rules. He says the U.S. …
SCIENCE & TECH: Trump brushes off AI doom predictions, says US must push ahead
President Trump brushed aside artificial intelligence doomsayers Sunday as “things that won’t happen” and downplayed the need for more regulation — saying that beating China was the most important goal in the AI race. Trump, at his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, contended that the apocalyptic predictions of what AI can do are overblown and underscored that his priority is to ensure the US remains the leader in cutting-edge technology. “We’re l…
U.S. President Donald Trump called "negative forces" those who ask to regulate artificial intelligence (AI).
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Caraota Digital“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world. And frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins with...
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