Trump says calls for more control on AI are a ‘SICK conspiracy’

Calls for increased government oversight of artificial intelligence are unnecessary and part of a “conspiracy” aimed at allowing China to out-develop the United States in the technology, said US President Donald Trump.“There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and data centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump dismisses calls for AI slowdown from leading tech CEOslist 2 of 3‘Silent Cold War’: Why calls to slow AI have sparked new US–China frontierlist 3 of 3China rejects AI ‘threat narratives’, urges global cooperationend of listTrump said his administration had already stopped AI companies from doing “bad, or potentially bad” things, referring to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei “who is now pretending to be a ‘perfect little angel’ — and we will continue to do so” and warned those he called “conspiracy theorists, treasonists, traitors, and leakers”.“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump wrote.It is the second day in a row that the US president has dismissed calls for an AI s...