{
  "id": 7364851,
  "title": "Trump says 'sick conspiracy' against AI, data centres",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-says-sick-conspiracy-against-ai-data-centres",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T13:01:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0914/1591498-artificial-intelligence-reaction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump suggested on his social media platform that the United States already possesses sufficient regulations and enforcement mechanisms to govern artificial intelligence (AI) companies. He emphasized that the nation's strength and intelligence are adequate to manage AI development. Trump also expressed concern over a supposed conspiracy targeting AI and data centers, alleging that China is benefiting from doubts cast on AI advancements. He urged the public to consent to manage this topic further.\n\nIn a separate development, the United Nations' top human rights official, Volker Türk, urged countries and frontier AI companies to act quickly to address the technology's risks, which he described as unprecedented and potentially existential. Türk highlighted the rapid pace of AI progress, citing instances where an Anthropic researcher resigned due to concerns over AI's potential to surpass human control. Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, called for a slowdown in AI development, supported by other industry leaders including Elon Musk and Sam Altman of OpenAI.\n\nHowever, China's foreign ministry dismissed Türk's call for limiting China's AI capabilities, labeling it as fearmongering and counterproductive to global AI governance efforts. Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed establishing a global AI governance framework among developing nations and emphasized China's role as a leader in open-source AI communities. The Chinese Ministry of State Security also called for accelerating AI security risk prevention measures.\n\nUS officials, including the Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett, indicated that President Trump would discuss AI governance with visiting Chinese leaders, acknowledging the need for some regulations while avoiding losing the US' competitive edge in AI development against China.",
  "summary": "Donald Trump said the US has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, playing down concerns by global tech leaders about the misuse of artificial intelligence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}