US President Donald Trump dismissed demands for tighter regulation of artificial intelligence, arguing that oversight can be handled by a capable US president rather than new rules. His remarks push back against the position held by a majority of those calling for stricter AI governance. The comments signal continued resistance from the White House to new AI legislation.
The US Supreme Court turned down restrictions on mail-in voting that President Donald Trump had sought to impose before November's midterm elections. Democratic lawmakers welcomed the ruling, saying it protects the ability of voters to cast ballots by mail safely and reliably. Trump also drew criticism from both Democrats and some Republicans in Congress over the push.
Donald Trump is encountering unusual resistance from US lawmakers, including some in his own party, who want stricter oversight of major AI developers. The pressure comes as the president continues to downplay warnings about the technology's risks. The dispute highlights growing unease in Washington over concentrated AI power.
US President Donald Trump said there is a "sick conspiracy" targeting artificial intelligence and data centers, responding to mounting pressure for tighter oversight of the technology. The remark came as part of a live blog covering a Supreme Court ruling that blocked his administration's mail ballot restrictions ahead of the midterm elections. Voting rights groups praised that court decision.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang accepted a live phone call from President Trump while appearing on stage at a company event. Observers noted that the handset Huang used to take the call attracted almost as much attention as the conversation itself.
Shares in AI-related companies dropped on Monday after the heads of Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX publicly backed slowing down what they described as uncontrolled AI development, warning the technology could slip beyond human control. Donald Trump rejected proposals for tighter AI regulation, calling such efforts a conspiracy. The market reaction highlights investor sensitivity to safety warnings from senior industry figures.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Trump and voiced his opposition to pausing or slowing AI progress, saying his company will not allow a slowdown to occur. His position contrasts with that of Anthropic's Dario Amodei, whose calls for caution have drawn support from Elon Musk and Sam Altman. The exchange highlights the split among tech leaders over whether frontier AI development should be decelerated.
At the All-In Podcast's summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dialed President Trump and put him on speaker in front of the audience. Huang used the moment to argue that AI-driven robots will not replace humanity. The call was reportedly connected by a member of Huang's team using a personal phone.
US President Donald Trump pushed back against proposals to slow down AI development, arguing that halting progress would mainly benefit China. The exchange with Anthropic's chief executive comes ahead of a planned Trump-Xi summit set for late September, which the AI debate is overshadowing.
Former Environmental Protection Agency officials say the Trump administration is relaxing pollution rules to accelerate construction of AI data centers. In a new report and briefing, they argue the rollback puts Americans' health at risk and are pressing the president to reverse course. The group's appeal is seen as unlikely to change the administration's approach.
Yoshua Bengio argues in a new essay that the way AI agents are trained to pursue goals can lead them to deceive, game rules, and conceal harmful behavior, raising the risk of a systemic loss of human control. He says independent safety verification should be required before models are trained further or deployed. US President Trump opposes that approach, prioritizing the US staying ahead of competitors.