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US President Donald Trump on Monday attacked what he called a \u201csick conspiracy\u201d against artificial intelligence, dismissing calls for guardrails despite warnings that it threatens humankind.<\/strong><\/p>\n Trump lashed out at the boss of AI giant Anthropic, who called on Saturday for a slowdown in the development of the technology. Trump said the United States needed to keep its AI lead over China.<\/p>\n Global tech stocks fell on the calls to hit the brakes on AI, which has fueled fears that superintelligent computer systems could go rogue and wipe out humanity by creating pathogens or triggering nuclear war.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only control or \u2018guardrails\u2019 that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!\u201d Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cWHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE!\u201d<\/p>\n Trump has pushed back repeatedly in the past week against the warnings about AI, which reached fever pitch after Claude-maker Anthropic\u2019s CEO Amodei urged a halt in development.<\/p>\n Amodei\u2019s call to \u201cslow the pace\u201d was backed by OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla boss who also owns xAI and was previously part of Trump\u2019s White House team.<\/p>\n But Trump trained his fire on Amodei, accusing him of playing both sides of the debate.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Trump Administration has stopped AI \u2018people\u2019 from doing bad, or potentially bad, \u2018things,\u2019 like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a \u2018perfect little angel\u2019,\u201d the US president wrote.<\/p>\n Speaking on Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had heard directly from tech insiders the previous week on the issue.<\/p>\n Asked if he was downplaying their concerns, he said: \u201cNo, we are not downplaying, but you know it\u2019s going to be more good than bad by a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump has long portrayed AI as crucial for maintaining America\u2019s technological, economic and security lead over China, whose President Xi Jinping is due to visit the White House next week.<\/p>\n China\u2019s spy chief warned on Sunday that artificial intelligence endangers the country\u2019s national security, saying foreign powers could use the technology to threaten social order.<\/p>\n Minister of State Security Chen Yixin wrote in an article that AI was now \u201cthe main battleground for global technological competition and a new track for major power strategic rivalry\u201d.<\/p>\n He singled out Anthropic\u2019s Claude Mythos and OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT-5.5-Cyber for their advanced hacking capabilities that potentially \u201cpose serious risks to China\u2019s critical information infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n Global concerns about AI and a possible extinction event have dramatically escalated in recent days.<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s King Charles III will host representatives of leading AI firms for a gathering in Scotland, a source close to the event said Monday, as the worries mount.<\/p>\n The United Nations rights chief called Monday for countries and artificial intelligence companies to act urgently to rein in a technology he warned posed \u201cunprecedented risks\u201d.<\/p>\n In a letter sent to countries and AI developers and shared with the media, Volker Turk cautioned that the world was \u201con the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come\u201d.<\/p>\n The head of French defense and technology group Thales also called on governments Monday to take responsibility for regulating artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n Billionaire Trump and his Republicans have so far resisted growing calls to push through regulation, but there are signs of a growing backlash in the United States.<\/p>\n US voters were already skeptical about the energy-guzzling AI data centers that he backs, and now Democrats are calling for Congress to set up guardrails for AI.<\/p>\n Vice President JD Vance, who has close ties to Silicon Valley, expressed skepticism Monday about the fact that tech bosses were now joining the chorus of calls for state regulation.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel a little bit weird about the fact that you have so many frontier AI tech companies kind of coming to the government and begging the government to regulate them,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels a little bit to me like a bit of a Trojan horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u2018Perfect little angel\u2019<\/h2>\n
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