Trump Says AI Needs Just One Guardrail: A ‘Strong and Smart’ President
Donald Trump has rejected calls for additional AI safeguards, saying existing U.S. powers are sufficient and that AI needs a ‘strong and smart’ president.
Donald Trump has rejected calls for additional AI safeguards, saying existing U.S. powers are sufficient and that AI needs a ‘strong and smart’ president.
China’s state-backed Global Times has attacked Anthropic’s call to slow frontier AI as a Cold War tactic, pointing to U.S. chip controls and restrictions on Chinese labs.
AI-linked Asian stocks fell sharply after leading frontier-lab chiefs backed slowing AI development over safety concerns, exposing a growing clash between risk and market value.
China’s intelligence service is warning that AI poses national-security threats through deepfakes, automated propaganda, data leakage and foreign influence.
AI safety warnings have spread into U.S. markets, with Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.72% and major semiconductor stocks falling sharply in premarket trading.
Germany says Europe cannot afford to halt AI development while warning that systems escaping controlled environments would create an entirely new threat scenario.
China’s official AI-safety framework is preparing for systems that could self-replicate, seek power and potentially break loose from human control.
King Charles will host senior figures from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia at Buckingham Palace as the AI safety debate intensifies.
Anthropic reportedly expects a second consecutive profitable quarter as CEO Dario Amodei calls for frontier AI development to slow.
House Speaker Mike Johnson calls AI safety a top priority as Congress mobilises over slowdown proposals and Trump warns America cannot surrender its lead to China.