
President Donald Trump stated that the Department of Justice and other U.S. law enforcement agencies will intervene in AI risks if necessary, while continuing to downplay AI dangers and promote U.S. leadership in AI development over China.
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Trump has previously downplayed AI dangers as a hoax and promoted AI development by American companies as a competitive advantage, issuing an executive order in June for voluntary review of frontier models.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the Department of Justice and other U.S. law enforcement agencies will rein in risks associated with artificial intelligence "if we have to."
"We will be careful," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
Trump's mention of the DOJ as a backstop came as he again downplayed potential dangers from AI, which he has repeatedly called a hoax.
The president has touted AI development by American companies as a competitive advantage for the United States, which he wants to maintain.
"Whoever wins AI, WINS!" Trump said in a Truth Social post.
"We are leading now over China, and everyone else, and I'm going to keep it that way!" he wrote. "I'm not going to stifle Growth, of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution, or the Internet, itself."
"We will be careful, and that's why we have the Department of Justice, and other Law Enforcement bodies, that will rein things in if we have to, but I will only encourage AI or, SI (SUPER INTELLIGENCE)!" Trump wrote.
The White House has largely taken a light approach to AI regulation, with Trump's executive order in June laying out a loose plan for review.
That order asked companies to voluntarily work with the administration to evaluate "covered frontier models" and give the government access up to 30 days before a broad release.
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