Trump: DOJ will rein in AI risks

President Donald Trump said the Department of Justice and other U.S. law enforcement agencies will rein in risks associated with artificial intelligence if we have to.

“We will be careful”

Trump downplays AI dangers again

Trump's statement came as he again downplayed potential dangers from AI, which he has repeatedly called a hoax in the past two weeks.

Anthropic researcher warns of risks

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic, quit his job in September warning that Anthropic and OpenAI are gambling with our lives with the technology.

“gambling with our lives”

Trump prioritizes US AI dominance

Trump has touted AI development by American companies as a competitive advantage, writing that whoever wins AI wins and the US is leading over China and everyone else.

“Whoever wins AI, WINS!”

Trump opposes stifling AI growth

Trump wrote he will not stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution or the Internet itself, and will only encourage AI or super intelligence.

“I'm not going to stifle Growth, of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution, or the Internet, itself.”

AI leaders call for industry slowdown

Since Coxon's warning, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis, chair of Google DeepMind, have called for a slowdown in AI development and extra federal oversight.