Trump downplays AI risks

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OpenAI CEO calls for AI pacing as Trump insists he's not downplaying risk
The president, who spoke with reporters on Sunday as he traveled back to Washington from Ireland, said he wouldn't downplay concerns about AI advancements. He also sought to position the AI race as a competition between the United States and other countries -- including China.

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Trump downplays calls to monitor AI development from tech CEOs
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Trump downplays AI risks after dire expert warnings and calls to slow development down
Trump calls concerns over A.I. destroying humanity a “hoax”
President Trump waded deep into the current debate over the safety of artificial intelligence as leaders throughout the tech industry are warning of its risks and urging a slow down in development.

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Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China
Calls for an AI slowdown meet vigorous pushback: Trump calls it a ‘sick conspiracy’
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He dismissed the idea of new AI guardrails on Monday, saying there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers

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World in Brief: China criticises American AI warnings; Russia hits Ukrainian train line
President Donald Trump dismisses claims from top researchers that AI is progressing too quickly

An OpenAI researcher broke ranks to say that pacing the frontier, as Altman and Amodei suggest, won't be enough

Daniel Selsam, an OpenAI researcher, said slowing down AI development won't be sufficient to avoid a situation where humanity loses everything.

Altman Says OpenAI Won’t IPO This Year

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just admitted that the company’s long-awaited, potentially record-setting IPO won’t be happening this year. Instead of rumored financial woes, Altman is blaming AI safety concerns for the timeline shift.

Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs call for AI development to slow down, OpenAI to delay IPO

As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.

OpenAI AI agents were linked to a cyberattack on RubyGems before the Hugging Face incident

Artificial intelligence agents being tested by OpenAI were involved in a previously undisclosed cyberattack against RubyGems in May, an incident that is now raising uncomfortable questions about how much control humans really have over increasingly autonomous AI systems.

Apple takes OpenAI to court

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on Monday's Apple vs. OpenAI hearing. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox Get this delivered to your inbox,

Trump Privately Met With OpenAI’s Altman at GOP Convention, MS Now Reports

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo

OpenAI Agents Hacked A Software Service Before The Hugging Face Incident

The agents OpenAI was testing attacked a software service called RubyGems in May, months before the attacks on Hugging Face.

OpenAI just wants to win

Two mathematicians at the heart of recent controversies tell The Verge how AI giants’ ‘childish’ rivalries are upending the field.

OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says

Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.