Trump was wading into a debate over AI’s catastrophic risks ignited by a viral social media post from a former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher. The post cautioned that the leading AI companies have been “gambling with our lives” and that some researchers working on the technology “believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”

Trump’s dismissal comes despite lawmakers from both parties calling for more scrutiny and regulation to tackle such warnings raised by AI researchers.

Alarm mounted throughout the summer as researchers at leading AI labs found the pace of development far outstripping their expectations.

The Trump family has used an AI voiceover before, with first lady Melania Trump hiring tech firm ElevenLabs to narrate the audio version of her memoir. It comes as the economy struggles amid an affordability crisis, with grocery and gas prices soaring.

President Donald Trump’s laid-back answer to the possibility of AI turning against humanity has triggered a sharp response from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is calling for a pause on advanced AI

President Trump's latest disclosure with the Office of Government Ethics shows that his brokerage accounts made 1,051 trades in June. Those accounts are managed by third-party financial institutions, meaning Trump himself was not responsible for the decision to buy or sell any security.

President Donald Trump rejects anxiety over potential existential threat posed by artificial intelligence but warns against allowing China to take the lead in developing it

The Republicans Against Trump account on X also demanded that the 25th Amendment be invoked. “Trump is absolutely losing it. 25th Amendment now!” the account wrote on X. Mary L. Trump, the president’s niece, shared Trump’s post that depicts Iran in the shape of the Trump’s head.

Trump's support for data centers puts him at odds with many voters, including conservatives, ahead of the midterms.