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Trump confirms Amodei dinner, dismisses 10 percent AI risk
The Indian Express··28 Sept
US President Donald Trump confirmed a Sunday dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. He rejected calls to slow AI development. Trump told Fox News in Illinois the United States leads China and rejected surrendering that lead. He said he does not worry about rogue AI agents. One cited warning put more than a 10 percent chance on severe AI harms.
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What It Means For You
- Trump's dinner with Amodei puts a leading AI safety advocate in direct contact with the White House.
- Trump continues to frame AI rules as a gift to Chinese competitors.
- Bill Gates separately said on NBC that he wants to meet Trump on AI safeguards.
What's Happening
- Trump confirmed earlier Axios and Reuters reporting that the Amodei dinner was planned for Sunday night.
- He told Fox News the US is about a year and a half ahead of China on AI.
- OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI leaders have also argued for slower development of advanced systems.
Who is pressing Trump on AI
- Amodei has warned that moving too fast on AI expands risks, a point Trump said he heard but rejected.
- Gates told Meet the Press that lawmakers need to set safeguards and monitoring for AI systems.
- Trump has previously called the chorus of AI risk warnings a hoax.
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