US President Donald Trump has dismissed warnings about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence , saying claims that AI could turn against humans are not true. He said people calling for limits on AI are part of what he called a “sick conspiracy.” Trump made the Comments on Social Media on Monday. He said the idea of AI taking over the world and harming people is false, and compared it to warnings about Climate Change, which he also does not believe. pic.twitter.com/H2j8kGwkS5 Trump’s post was a response to calls from AI company leaders, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Elon Musk of SpaceXAI. All three have asked the government to watch AI more closely. Concern about AI has grown after several hacks in recent months, where AI systems were shown working together to trick people. Most AI company bosses say they want to build the technology safely, deal with legal risks, help the economy grow, and protect national security. But they also warn that AI without human control could cause serious harm. Trump does not accept this. He called himself a “Hoax Buster” and said having him in charge is enough protection against any AI danger. pic.twitter.com/2zGWYvrbOw He said his government has already stopped Anthropic from doing anything harmful. Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration has been difficult. The Pentagon has tried to call the company a security risk, and the government briefly banned one of its AI models. Trump also questioned why company leaders would ask for rules that might hurt their own businesses. He has long believed only he can solve big problems, a view he has held since 2016 with his phrase, “I alone can fix it.” Anthropic’s Dario Amodei wrote a long essay on Saturday asking for AI development to slow down. Microsoft also released new rules on Monday to make sure humans stay in control of AI systems. These moves follow expert warnings and a cyberattack in July, when AI systems built by OpenAI attacked the company Hugging Face. Amodei said AI is getting better at building newer AI, and warned that a similar group of AI systems could soon be able to take over large parts of the internet. He said the cost of this could reach hundreds of billions of dollars without proper safety rules. Sam Altman agreed that slowing down is worth it. He said competition between companies should never come before safety, and said government help is needed to work with other countries on this issue. Altman and Trump met last week at the Republican party’s mid-term meeting in Dallas. Not everyone in the tech world agrees with Amodei and Altman. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has said the fears about AI are too strong. Trump called Huang during a podcast interview on Monday, and the two agreed that people are too worried about AI. Trump believes limiting AI in the US would only help China. He said the only people happy about calls for AI rules are in China. Trump has resisted government oversight of AI since returning to office. He cancelled a Biden-era order on AI safety when he became president again, and only introduced his own rules more than a year later, this past June. News that AI growth might slow caused stock prices to drop on Monday morning. Companies that make computer chips and build data centres could see less demand if this happens.
