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‘I am the Hoax Buster’: Trump escalates his attack on AI safety warnings

Donald Trump has called fears about AI a “HOAX” in a string of Truth Social posts. The US president also asked why AI industry leaders want to be regulated. The posts came a day after his remarks in Ireland, where he called people asking to slow AI down a negative force.

“Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?” Trump wrote on Monday, 14 September.

In the same post, he said fears of AI “destroying Humanity” were a hoax. He compared them to the Russia investigation, Ukraine, and his two impeachments.

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That post also made claims about China and Google. Trump wrote that Chinese President Xi Jinping had “just announced” that China would do nothing to stand in the way of AI. He...

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I have some questions for Mark Zuckerberg

It’s a big week for Meta. The company just kicked off its big Connect conference on Wednesday, and the new Muse AI agent appears to be an early hit. I’ve been using it — it is surprisingly good. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has obviously been out there taking a victory

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The vibes are bad for Flock in Washington

Flock is in the hot seat in Washington, even if its CEO declined to actually face senators at a hearing about its “AI Surveillance Network” on Wednesday. “There’s many players in this industry, but there’s one name that really stands out above the rest, and that is Flock,

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Google is sending an AI satellite into space next week

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google is getting ready to launch a satellite with its AI processors to test how well they perform in space, as reported

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