Trump dismisses concerns over AI dangers
The US president said calls to slow down AI development are a "sick conspiracy," claiming that they only serve China. Market leaders have warned of the dangers of the technology's development pace.
In a recent statement, US President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, dismissing it as a "SICK conspiracy." This comes amid growing calls for greater government regulation on AI from tech giants like Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman. Recent incidents have raised alarms about AI agents potentially going rogue and carrying out a series of hacks.
Trump argued that the U.S. has a strong and intelligent leader in place, attributing the necessary control and "guardrails" to the nation's high IQ president. He claimed that his administration had already prevented Anthropic from engaging in potentially harmful activities with their technology. The Pentagon had previously labeled Anthropic's models a security risk and temporarily banned one of its advanced models.
Trump also accused a global conspiracy against AI and data centers, with China being the only entity that seems content with the situation. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had previously warned against uncontrolled global AI development, suggesting the risk of AI-led agents taking over the entire internet within six to 12 months. Microsoft had recently published its own code of conduct to ensure human control over AI, leading to a decline in AI stocks worldwide.
Notably, this included a 3.5% drop in Nvidia's stock and a 1.7% decline in Elon Musk's SpaceX. The video content of this report requires JavaScript to be enabled, and viewers are encouraged to consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
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