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Parts of the AI industry are calling for more self-regulation or government regulations and warning of existential risks.
Is it important and right to slow down in AI development? How could new models be better controlled? While parts of the AI industry are calling for more self-regulation or more guidelines from the US government and warning of existential risks from AI, Donald Trump is relaxed.
"The only control AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (high IQ) president," he said on Monday via the Truth Social network. "And the USA has more than enough of it."
Trump also said that he had the feeling that whoever won in AI would win overall, probably alluding to the race for progress between American and Chinese companies. At the beginning of his call, Trump emphasized that China was most happy about the "conspiracy" against AI.

Former DeepMind engineer Bilal Chughtai warns of uncontrollable AI risks and the potential for human loss. While industry giants like Amodei and Altman call for a slowdown, US President Trump describes the skeptics as traitors.

Volkswagen has introduced the “Mission Efficiency” electric car concept, which consumed an average of 6.89 kWh of electricity per 100 kilometers on a 1,278-kilometer test drive from Wolfsburg via Poland and the Czech Republic to Vienna. The vehicle uses technology from the upcoming ID. Polo and solar cells, with VW emphasizing its proximity to series production but not mentioning any specific production plans.

US President Donald Trump has dismissed security concerns about the rapid development of artificial intelligence, calling it a "sick conspiracy". At the same time, Microsoft published an AI code of conduct, while UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk warned of “unprecedented risks” and called for regulation.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against Apple over alleged unfair competition as his legal battle with OpenAI continues. The allegations against Apple related to a cooperation with OpenAI, which Musk criticized as anti-competitive and demanding. Musk had assumed that Apple had a smartphone monopoly in the USA with 65 percent market share and that OpenAI had an AI chatbot monopoly with 80 percent. The lawsuit against OpenAI remains, with Musk accusing the company of deviating from its original charitable focus. The decision came in California, where a jury ruled against Musk.

A Viennese IT volunteer was able to prevent a security incident with an Anthropic AI in his free time. The incident underlines the growing debate about the security and pace of development of modern artificial intelligence.

The federal government is taking warnings from tech CEOs like Dario Amodei about uncontrollable AI seriously. Berlin calls for international solutions, for example within the G7 framework, and refers to the new national AI security institute for risk assessment.