Trump wants to leave AI oversight to the developers

Despite warnings about the existential risks of artificial intelligence, US President Donald Trump wants to leave the supervision of the technology to its US developers themselves. The companies would control themselves, Trump said after a meeting with heads of AI companies in Washington. He sees sufficient protection through the companies' economic interests. “Your companies are at risk if something goes wrong,” said the president. “They won’t allow that.” The companies would “control each other”.

Recently, independent hacking attacks by AI models had raised concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Some industry representatives themselves warned that it cannot be completely ruled out that AI will wipe out humanity in the future. The head of the AI ​​company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, had spoken out in favor of slowing down the development of the most powerful AI models to ensure that one does not lose control of the technology. Trump had previously rejected increased government regulation of the technology. It is important that the USA does not lose its lead over China, he emphasizes.

Now, according to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a number of principles were agreed upon at the meeting, which included “robust internal controls.” There should be external observers for this. This corresponds to an idea that Amodei presented a few weeks ago and which was supported, among others, by his competitor Sam Altman at ChatGPT developer OpenAI. Amodei said after the meeting with Trump that AI has great potential - "but also very real risks." Measures to counteract these risks are “still under discussion”.