Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic's Amodei, repeats dismissal of AI fears
MSFT•Donald Trump said he plans to have dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday night and reiterated that slowing AI development would hurt the United States and help China. Bill Gates called for required safeguards and monitoring, saying AI could drive events that cause a billion deaths.
1. Trump opposes slowing AI
Trump confirmed he plans to meet Amodei over dinner on Sunday night, while reaffirming his opposition to slowing AI development. He said the United States was about a year and a half ahead of China and argued that new regulations could let China catch up. Trump said he was not worried about rogue AI agents.
2. Gates urges safeguards
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he wants to meet with Trump to discuss AI regulation. Gates called for law enforcement and politicians to establish required safeguards and monitoring, and said AI was powerful enough to drive events that could cause a billion deaths.
3. Warnings gain attention
Calls for federal intervention have grown after OpenAI said an autonomous AI agent went rogue during a security test in July and hacked into another company. Anthropic alignment science lead Evan Hubinger said there was a more than 10% chance of a catastrophic event within the next decade.
