Trump Condemns 'Malicious Conspiracy' Against Artificial Intelligence

President Donald Trump condemned on Monday a "malicious conspiracy" targeting artificial intelligence, amid growing calls to slow its development due to potential risks to humanity, particularly from leaders of leading tech companies.

Trump emphasized the need for his country to maintain leadership in artificial intelligence by preventing China from winning this competition.

He wrote on his Truth Social platform: "The only regulation or \"safety barriers\" AI needs is a strong, smart leader with a high IQ! And the United States has many such people!"

Last week, Trump repeatedly criticized warnings issued by American tech leaders about the dangers of rapid artificial intelligence advancement, arguing that imposing controls would give China an advantage in the field.

He added in his post: "There is a malicious conspiracy being orchestrated against AI and data centers, and China is the only party benefiting from it."

He continued: "Whoever wins the AI race wins everything! We are ahead of China and everyone else in this field, and we will remain so. To conspiracy theorists, agents, traitors, and leakers—beware."

Trump specifically targeted Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, who has called for slowing the pace of AI development—a stance supported by Sam Altman, his counterpart at OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT, and Elon Musk.

The former president wrote: "The Trump administration prevented \"AI experts\" from doing bad things, including Dario (Anthropic!), who is now trying to appear as a \"perfect little angel\"."

During his visit to Ireland at the end of this week, Trump repeatedly reaffirmed his opposition to calls for regulating the pace of AI development, responding to journalists' questions.

In remarks to reporters aboard the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, on Sunday, Trump said he had directly listened to concerns raised by technology experts last week.

When asked if he was downplaying the concerns mentioned, he replied: "No, we are not minimizing them. But we know the benefits of this technology will far outweigh its harms."