US speaker rejects AI pause, warns of losing edge to China

Trump has dismissed AI fears as ‘hoax’, insisting US safeguards suffice and warning slowdown benefits China.US House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected calls to pause artificial intelligence development, arguing that doing so could give China an advantage over the United States.“We cannot have a moratorium on the development of AI,” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. “Because then we will lose our edge to China, and that has serious national security implications for every American family.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump dismisses calls for AI slowdown from leading tech CEOslist 2 of 4‘Silent Cold War’: Why calls to slow AI have sparked new US–China frontierlist 3 of 4Trump says calls for more control on AI are a ‘SICK conspiracy’list 4 of 4Trump calls, interrupts Nvidia CEO to say AI fears are ‘a hoax’end of listJohnson also argued that AI companies should largely be left to police themselves.“They can self-regulate. They don’t need the government to tell them to slow it down. If they want to slow it down, they should,” he said.His comments come as calls to rein in AI are growing across the political spectrum amid concerns about what the technology could mean fo...