Trump to meet with AI, government leaders amid concerns about technology

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump plans “a very big meeting” Sept. 29 with the head of an artificial intelligence company, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei; House Speaker Mike Johnson and others amid concerns that the technology could be dangerous if developed too quickly.

Trump told Fox News on Sept. 27 that he remains confident in the technology and its potential. Trump seeks to have America stay ahead in its development of the technology in comparison to China.

But Amodei and other industry leaders have voiced concerns about the technology growing faster than it can be controlled.

"I don't worry about it," Trump told Fox News’ Aishah Hasnie.

"We're about maybe a year and a half up on China," Trump added. "We're leading, and we're building tremendous, trillions of dollars' worth of places. And why should we give that up?"

The industry meeting – and a dinner Trump said he was having with Amodei on Sept. 27 – come amid growing concerns about the technology.

OpenAI said in July that an autonomous AI agent went rogue during a security test and hacked into another company. Companies including OpenAI, Google’s DeepMind and Microsoft’s xAI have called for slowing development.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates…

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