Trump dismisses AI extinction risks as more than a dozen OpenAI, Anthropic insiders call for a slowdown
Trump said he is more concerned about the United States falling behind China as more than 1,300 AI workers and lawmakers push for slower development.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump dismissed warnings from AI researchers about existential threats, saying "No, I don't have any" concerns about extinction while prioritizing U.S. technological advantage over China.
- Trump's comments followed a wave of insiders at frontier labs Anthropic and OpenAI stepping up public warnings; Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit Tuesday over concerns that companies were "gambling with our lives."
- Anthropic Alignment Science Lead Evan Hubinger estimated greater than 10% extinction probability within a decade, Geoffrey Hinton called 10% "not unreasonable," and OpenAI researcher Jasmine Wang warned Wednesday that "it's hard to overstate how dangerous speeding towards RSI is."
- Trump reframed the debate toward competition, stating "I have concerns that if we don't win AI, we're going to be put in a very bad position" and assessing the U.S. lead over China at about a year.
- As President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Washington later this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead AI governance talks; Congress proposed the FRONTIER Act and Senator Bernie Sanders' Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, while European Commission tech chief Henna Virkkunen called Friday for global rules.
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Trump Dismisses AI Doomsday Warnings as Insiders Sound Alarm on Extinction Risk
President Trump rejected AI extinction warnings from Anthropic and OpenAI researchers, prioritizing a U.S. lead over China. Insiders like Jacob Coxon and Evan Hubinger described a dangerous race to self-improving systems with genuine private fears of catastrophe by decade's end. Congress shows bipartisan momentum for regulation.
PRESIDENT Trump has downplayed concerns about the existential risks of artificial intelligence, stressing that the US priority is to maintain a technological edge over China, despite warnings from experts.
Trump Rejects Warnings That AI May Lead to Human Extinction
President Donald Trump brushed aside warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that the technology is becoming too hard to control and could kill all humans, saying his paramount interest is maintaining an edge over China.
AI researchers are warning that artificial intelligence may lead to the extinction of humanity in the near future. US President Donald Trump has weighed in on these revelations.
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