Trump rejects calls for AI slowdown, citing race with China

[U.S. President Donald Trump Visits Ireland - Day Two Doonbeg] Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News President Donald Trump dismissed mounting warnings about artificial intelligence, arguing that slowing development could jeopardize the United States’ lead over China, Bloomberg News reported. “We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins,” Trump told reporters Sunday at the Irish Open. “And we can put guardrails. We can do this and that. But I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up.” His comments followed a call from Anthropic (ANTHRO [https://seekingalpha.