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  "id": 7363019,
  "title": "Trump rejects calls for tighter AI controls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-rejects-calls-for-tighter-ai-controls",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T17:33:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1552944/trump-rejects-calls-for-tighter-ai-controls/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has rejected calls for tighter controls on artificial intelligence (AI). He described criticism of AI development as a \"sick conspiracy\" against the technology. According to Trump, the United States must maintain its lead over China in AI development.\n\nTrump argued that the only control or \"guardrails\" that AI needs is a \"STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT\", which he claimed the US has. He made these remarks on social media, stating that there is a \"SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China\".\n\nTechnology leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI chief Sam Altman, and Elon Musk, had called for stronger government oversight of AI. Trump also mentioned that his administration had prevented AI company Anthropic from doing \"bad, or potentially bad\" things, according to the Hindustan Times - World News.",
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        "published": "2026-09-14T15:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "OpenAI CEO calls for AI pacing as Trump insists he's not downplaying risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/openai-ceo-calls-for-ai-pacing-as-trump-insists-hes-not-downplaying",
        "published": "2026-09-14T15:44:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Trump says calls to slow AI ‘sick conspiracy’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-calls-to-slow-ai-sick-conspiracy",
        "published": "2026-09-14T16:32:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MarketWatch",
        "title": "Calls for an AI slowdown meet vigorous pushback: Trump calls it a ‘sick conspiracy’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/calls-for-an-ai-slowdown-meet-vigorous-pushback-trump-calls-it-a-sick",
        "published": "2026-09-14T18:32:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump says calls for more control on AI are a ‘SICK conspiracy’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-calls-for-more-control-on-ai-are-a-sick-conspiracy",
        "published": "2026-09-14T19:32:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Trump calls recent concerns about AI risks a “hoax” and a “SICK conspiracy.”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-calls-recent-concerns-about-ai-risks-a-hoax-and-a-sick",
        "published": "2026-09-14T20:04:10.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}