Trump downplays need to check AI development, says he is unwilling to cede edge to China

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US President Donald Trump expressed a reluctance to heavily regulate artificial intelligence development, stating his primary concern is maintaining America's competitive edge over China. He believes that winning the AI race will ultimately enable the US to manage the risks associated with the technology. While acknowledging the necessity of some regulations, Trump offered no specific details on potential rules. He attributed warnings about the rapid, under-regulated advancement of AI to unidentified "negative forces," dismissing these concerns as unlikely to materialize. Trump made these remarks during a trip to Ireland, following calls from industry leaders, such as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, for a pause in development to allow safety measures to advance.

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The industry should put the brakes on its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up.

quoteDario Amodei

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I want to keep [US leadership in AI] that way because whoever wins AI wins.

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Whoever wins AI wins.

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The US is leading China in the development of AI.

quoteDonald Trump

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Warnings about AI moving too quickly and with little oversight are from ‘negative forces’.

quoteDonald Trump

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The US is leading China in the development of AI and ‘frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins’, Trump said4-MIN READ4-MIN0 ListenPublished: 3:27am, 14 Sep 2026Updated: 3:44am, 14 Sep 2026US President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of Artificial Intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology.While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify, though industry pioneers have raised such concerns.“We can put guard rails, 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,” Trump told reporters during a weekend trip to Ireland.“But whoever wins with AI wins.”01:55Robots protest to demand improved AI regulationThe Republican president spoke a day after Dario Amodei, CEO of the Artificial Intelligence company Anthropic, said the industry should put the brakes on its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up.

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