Financial Times: “Look, we’re leading China in AI . . . and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins,” Trump told reporters during a trip to his Doonbeg golf course in Ireland.
“We can put guardrails, we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen,” he added…
Top Lawmakers Agree A.I.’s Risks Are Rising but Say They Have No Quick Fix
“We’re not going to rush in and pass a piece of legislation that would do harm to the country and put China at an edge,” Mr. Johnson, who controls what legislation comes to the House floor, said. “And so we’ve got to do this carefully.”
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, criticized Mr. Johnson for moving too slowly, saying in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” that the House should take “decisive action.” But when he was asked for specific restrictions that he might back, Mr. Jeffries would not elaborate…
As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers
In Palo Alto and Cambridge, computer scientists suggest that Americans stop thinking about A.I. as a mere tool, but akin to an alternative species, one the world will have to live with, for better or worse.
The White House declined to make its key A.I. policymakers available for questions. But it said that the administration continued to balance innovation and security, deflecting any specifics…
How the Clash Between Money and Safety Created a Monumental Crisis for AI
OpenAI and Anthropic, in heated competition—with each other and China—are racing toward IPOs, even as they admit they could lose control of their powerful bots…