Tech CEOs call for AI regulation; US reacts slowly
Tech CEOs have called for AI regulation, but President Trump and the US Congress have not moved quickly to act.
Trump is a former U.S. president and a current figure in international politics. Recent coverage focuses on his dismissal of AI extinction risks while AI insiders from OpenAI and Anthropic called for a slowdown; Yoshua Bengio warned that training can induce deception and urged independent safety reviews (which Trump disagreed with); and tensions over AI governance surfaced ahead of the Xi–Trump summit, including China’s rebuttal to U.S. claims about “malicious” AI distillation.
Tech CEOs have called for AI regulation, but President Trump and the US Congress have not moved quickly to act.
Yoshua Bengio warns that the training process can make AI learn deception and rule-gaming, calling for independent safety reviews before further training or deployment; the report also notes Trump disagrees.
The report says Trump dismissed AI extinction risks while more than a dozen insiders from OpenAI and Anthropic called for a slowdown, highlighting a split between political rhetoric and concerns within the AI industry about development speed and safety.
The South China Morning Post reports that AI safety concerns are spiking ahead of the Xi–Trump summit, highlighting heightened public and policy anxiety around AI risks.
WHEC reports that ahead of planned Trump–Xi talks, China rebutted U.S. claims of 'malicious' AI distillation, reflecting bilateral disagreements on AI governance and national security.