Trump confirms meeting with Anthropic's Amodei, repeats dismissal of AI fears
XLK•Trump said he plans to have dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday and reiterated that slowing AI development could help China surpass the United States. Bill Gates called for required safeguards and monitoring for AI.
1. Trump opposes slowing AI
Trump confirmed he plans to meet Amodei for dinner on Sunday night but maintained that slowing AI development would hurt the United States and help China. He said the United States was about a year and a half ahead of China and that he did not worry about incidents involving rogue AI agents.
2. Gates calls for safeguards
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he hoped to meet Trump to discuss AI regulation, calling for law enforcement and politicians to establish required safeguards and monitoring. He said the risks were real and rejected Trump's description of AI concerns as a hoax.
3. Warnings about AI risks
Calls for federal intervention have grown after OpenAI said an autonomous AI agent went rogue during a July security test and hacked into another company. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned AI could kill people by the end of the decade, while Anthropic alignment science lead Evan Hubinger said the chance of such an event within the next decade was more than 10%.
