AI panic vs Trump's AI denial

Trump calls AI doom a hoax while experts warn of extinction risk.

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Sep 18, 2026

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AI panic vs Trump's AI denial

Trump calls AI doom a hoax while experts warn of extinction risk.

In brief

Trump calls AI doom a hoax while experts warn of extinction risk. Trump dismissed AI extinction risks as a hoax, while top AI leaders urged regulation to prevent human extinction. Originally reported by Fox News.

NBC's doomsday warning

David Muir

Savannah Guthrie opened NBC's 'Today' with a doomsday warning about AI risks.

“Doomsday warning! The country’s leading developers of AI coming forward to call for a slowdown in the technology, saying humanity itself is at risk”

AI extinction threat

AI extinction threat

Josh Tyrangiel warned of an AI cyberattack on Hugging Face in July that could cause apocalyptic outcomes.

“Extremely worried”

Trump rejects AI slowdown

Trump dismissed AI extinction risks as a hoax, claiming only a high-IQ president is needed for AI safety.

“the only guardrail AI needs is a high-IQ president, calling it a ‘hoax’”

AI experts demand regulation

Three top AI rivals agreed AI must slow down to prevent human extinction within a decade.

“it's time to slow it down, alarmed by what they're seeing and how quickly this is all moving”

Trump's AI hoax claim

Trump's AI hoax claim

Trump called AI extinction predictions a hoax, despite experts warning of a 10% chance of human extinction.

“a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans in a decade”

David Sacks challenges panic

Trump's former AI czar David Sacks said AI extinction threats were exaggerated and not a real danger.

“The hoax is that somehow we're going to be extinct as a species within a few years because of AI”

AI panic compared to climate warnings

AI panic mirrors past climate warnings from 1988 that were dismissed as hoaxes by critics.

“By the year 2000, that's less than 10 years away, the earth's climate will be warmer than it's been in over 100,000 years”

AI regulation debate intensifies

AI regulation debate intensifies

Experts warn AI panic is driven by tech companies seeking to dominate the AI landscape.

“the left wants to keep a dominant share of the AI environment”

Here's the gist

Trump dismissed AI extinction risks as a hoax, while top AI leaders urged regulation to prevent human extinction.

Read the original on Fox News

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