Obama rips Trump over AI policy amid ‘doomsday’ warnings
Obama said companies cannot police themselves and warned that AI could cause serious harm without fast federal safeguards.
- Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's hands-off AI approach on Friday at Colgate University, arguing that " government has to be regulating this!" to manage existential risks.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned last week that unchecked AI speed could produce a "misalignment" with humans and "catastrophic damage," while Trump dismissed such concerns as a "hoax."
- President Trump announced the creation of an "AI Force" on Saturday and said he will appoint an "AI czar" soon to ensure the U.S. does not "hinder or stifle the growth" of the industry.
- Beijing's top spy chief Chen Yixin warned Sunday that generative AI could "launch public opinion wars" against China, while Trump claims there is a "SICK conspiracy" benefiting China on AI.
- A Politico poll released last week found 63% of Americans believe AI poses a risk of destroying humanity, as concerns escalate over AI agents capable of "breaking into competitors' systems.
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CyberScoopcybernoz.comCiting China, President Trump doubles down on hands-off approach to AI regulation
Following a series of chaotic agentic hacks, Trump and administration officials have consistently expressed fears of Chinese AI dominance in pushing for fewer regulations.
Obama Slams Trump AI Policy, GOP Fires Back at Criticism
Former President Barack Obama used a college campus appearance to demand tougher federal AI regulation, but a leading Republican voice fired back that Obama was criticizing the wrong branch of government entirely. Obama took the stage at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, during the school's Family Weekend and turned his remarks into a broadside […]
'Idiocracy' is here as Trump falls for a dangerous trap
A man with a third grader’s intellect says all we need to regulate AI is a smart president. The same guy who will bark ‘hoax! hoax! hoax!’ at climate change while Mar a Lago takes on water now insists that efforts to regulate AI are also a hoax. If Americans listen to this barking clown instead of scientists, engineers, and AI developers, we truly have entered Idiocracy — and we will get the killer robots we deserve. When an industry asks for it…
While the leading AI experts advise caution in the development of new systems, the US President, who has already shown to have only one vague idea on the subject, says he wants to find someone to lead its development.
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