Sep 15 WATCH: First lady Melania Trump says kids need to learn AI 'to lead' during school visit By Collin Binkley, Jill Colvin, Associated Press First lady Melania Trump visited an elementary school in northwestern North Carolina Tuesday, where she said the U.S. must lead on artificial intelligence as she spoke with elementary school students, teachers and staff about how they're using technology and AI… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 8:34 Trump pushes back as AI leaders fuel calls to rein in rapidly advancing technology By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Amalia Huot-Marchand President Trump rejected calls for greater oversight of artificial intelligence despite the dire warnings of some in the industry. The president's pushback comes after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay arguing for a slowdown across leading AI companies, warning… Continue watching
Sep 14 WATCH: Vance says Americans should not be scared of AI as calls for limits grow By Associated Press Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration is concerned about AI but wants to make sure it's regulating the technology smartly. Continue reading
Sep 14 Trump says the only AI guardrails the U.S. needs is him as president By Josh Boak, Associated Press He's opposed such efforts and claims doing so could cause China to eclipse America on AI development. Continue reading
Sep 14 WATCH: House meets as pressure to regulate AI grows By Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson says it’s time for President Donald Trump to “summon everyone together” and take the lead addressing questions about AI at the White House, rather than Congress. Continue reading
Sep 14 What to know about recent dire AI predictions and calls for safeguards By Alex Veiga, Associated Press New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a… Continue reading
Sep 13 Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China By Darlene Superville, Didi Tang, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Sep 12 Anthropic CEO says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up By Stan Choe, Associated Press “I believe that if slowing down bought us even an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and we used that time to advance alignment, we could greatly reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong,”… Continue reading
Sep 11 Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation Thursday into OpenAI for its artificial intelligence system hacking into another AI company on its own. Continue reading
Sep 11 Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. Continue reading