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Trump rejects AI guardrails, says the only guardrails needed are a 'High IQ president'

  • On Monday, President Donald Trump rejected calls for new AI regulation, dismissing industry-led efforts as a "SICK conspiracy" and asserting his own leadership provides sufficient oversight for the technology.
  • Following recent fears of rogue AI agents, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a 3,800-word essay Saturday urging slower development and independent safety checks, echoed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
  • Trump targeted Amodei, labeling him a "perfect little angel" while claiming the administration wields "tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power" to prevent firms from performing "bad, or potentially bad" actions.
  • Vice President JD Vance echoed skepticism Monday, questioning whether tech firms' calls for regulation act as a "Trojan horse" to benefit established companies, while market analysts noted tech stocks slipped.
  • Beijing officials disparaged the warnings as "fearmongering" from a "Cold War playbook," as the administration maintains that outpacing China in AI remains a critical national security and economic imperative.
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Donald Trump hit back at experts who warned about the dangers of AI and called for regulation, calling them "sick conspiracy theories" and reiterating that the U.S. must accelerate its own AI development to compete with China.

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The President of the United States says that the calls of the leaders of the Big Tech to slow down and supervise the development of AI are nothing more than a sick conspiracy.

·Paço de Arcos, Portugal
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Donald Trump dismisses AI concerns

US President Donald Trump has dismissed calls to slow AI development as a 'sick conspiracy'.

·North Sydney, Australia
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