Trump claims he is only'guardrail' needed to control AI as top Republicans join him in dismissing calls for more checks - live President condemns what he claims is a'sick conspiracy' amid global tech selloff following CEOs calls for slowing pace of development'I don't think Americans should be scared of anything': Vance tries to quell concerns about AI regulation Trump claims'sick conspiracy' over calls for more guardrails on AI companies Johnson: Congress shouldn't be in charge of AI guardrails, insists its tech companies responsibilities Johnson to discuss Trump's $5k midterm pledge, says incentive needs approval from Congress Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judge Trump claims'sick conspiracy' over calls for more guardrails on AI companies Donald Trump has claimed there is a "SICK conspiracy" "The only control or'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" Trump wrote on Truth Social, insisting that the administration has stopped leaders of AI companies from "doing bad, or potentially bad" However, he didn't point to any concrete examples for how he has curbed possible abuse or malfeasance in the industry. The president said over the weekend that the AI arms race is of the upmost importance to the US national security. This comes after company whistleblowers claimed that the technology has the potential to "kill all of humanity" within the decade. Trump accused Amodei of "now pretending to be a'perfect little angel'" There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE! 'I don't think Americans should be scared of anything': Vance tries to quell concerns about AI regulation Trump claims'sick conspiracy' over calls for more guardrails on AI companies Johnson: Congress shouldn't be in charge of AI guardrails, insists its tech companies responsibilities Johnson to discuss Trump's $5k midterm pledge, says incentive needs approval from Congress Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judge Federal law already requires those seeking to become US permanent residents to prove they will not be a burden to the US - also known as a "public charge" - but the new rule includes broader range of programs that could disqualify them.

Donald Trump said China would benefit from a slowdown in US AI development. Donald Trump said China would benefit from a slowdown in US AI development. President hits out after Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX leaders back call to limit'reckless' development Donald Trump has dismissed calls to increase controls on AI as a "sick conspiracy", as stocks linked to the technology slumped after appeals from leading developers on the weekend for the industry to slow down. The US president wrote on social media: "The only control or'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!" It came after the chief executive of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, appealed for the AI industry to limit "reckless" development .

AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump's Team Says It's on Them Sam Altman and Elon Musk this weekend backed a call for restraint, after Dario Amodei called on Washington to slow AI development. Donald Trump, meanwhile, wants the US to maintain its lead over China. As calls for artificial intelligence regulation intensify, US President Donald Trump's team have made it clear that if lab leaders want to implement an industry-wide slowdown, they're going to have to do it themselves. Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called on the US government to regulate AI companies within a wider effort to slow the pace of the technology's development in an essay published Saturday.

Image caption, No ice cream and compulsory lentils in school meal shake-up says the Daily Telegraph, writing that the government will announce rules that will force schools to put pulses on the menu at least once a week in England. Elsewhere, the paper leads with a plea from 800 pub, restaurant and hotel leaders urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to cut VAT from 20 to 10%. The appeal comes days after Mr Burnham blindsided the industry by handing local authorities the power to impose unlimited tourist taxes, the paper adds. Image caption, The Daily Express reports that Labour tourist tax will hammer seaside B&Bs, with the Conservative Party warning that family businesses and staycation parents pay cost of benefits bill. Céline Dion's triumphant return to concert stage also features on the front page.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, President Trump says'negative forces' bringing up AI risks that won't happen US President Donald Trump has downplayed risks posed by artificial intelligence following days of dire warnings by experts. You have a lot of very negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up and they're bringing up things that won't happen, Trump said during a visit to Ireland. One of the warnings came from a former Anthropic researcher who said there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future if the current pace of development continued. On Saturday, top industry bosses agreed and called for a slow-down.

Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic When another world leader meets US President Donald Trump the only certainty about what might happen is the uncertainty about what might happen. This was exactly the case ahead of President Trump's two-day visit to Ireland. Nobody could have predicted that by the end of the first day, the main global headline would be his desire to see a unified Ireland . As the shockwaves of his remarks rippled through this island and Great Britain, it was unclear whether this represented a new US administration policy, or an off-the-cuff remark from a president who likes to take questions from reporters, and likes to give answers. Former Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney was Trump's special envoy to Northern Ireland in his first term in office. He cautioned against anyone reading too much into the president's remarks.

Each September, a who's who of executives from across Silicon Valley descends on San Francisco's Palace Hotel to charm investors at a conference hosted by the investment bank Goldman Sachs. This past week, between talk of growth and potential returns, tech titans found themselves addressing the abrupt resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon. Coxon, a 27-year-old who worked at OpenAI before joining its chief rival Anthropic, said on Tuesday that people building artificial intelligence (AI) believed the technology could destroy humanity. They are gambling with our lives, he said, these will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything. Coxon is by no means the first AI insider to publicly sound the alarm.

Politics Trump's Trade War Is the Latest Middle Finger to Senate Republicans It was about to be a good week to be a GOP candidate. Then Trump did what Trump does. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge, which was off last Saturday so will now catch you up on the previous week's news: . August "silly season" continues with the usual slapstick stories about international trade wars and a possible Russian attack against NATO.

The unexpected interruption came hours before the president wrote a congratulatory post on Truth Social about the company's most recent earnings report. US President Donald Trump listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the White House during an event on "Investing in America" on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump interrupted Nvidia's all-hands staff meeting on Thursday morning when he called CEO Jensen Huang midway through, three sources who witnessed the interaction tell WIRED. Nvidia's all-hands meetings typically involve Huang presenting or answering questions, on stage, to in-person staff at the company's Santa Clara, California, headquarters, while thousands of remote employees tune in to a virtual livestream. During the meeting on Thursday, Huang received a call on his mobile phone, which he stepped aside to take.

The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in a detention center about 200 miles from New Orleans. Milo Yiannopoulos, a British national known for his near-constant reinventions as a vizier within far-right American politics for more than a decade, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, according to the department's records. While it's not clear which detention facility Yiannopoulos is currently being held in, the ICE directory instructs any family or legal representatives to contact the Enforcement and Removal Office in Alexandria, Louisiana, a processing center for the central part of the state, about 200 miles from New Orleans. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately comment on the matter or indicate plans to deport Yiannopoulos. TMZ first broke the news of Yiannopoulos' detention.