Trump tells 60 Minutes AI risk is manageable and DOJ warned an exec
Original title: Trump’s 60 Minutes interview touched on AI safety, threat to arrest an AI exec
He refused to name the AI-company leader he says changed course after a jail threat and said he would accept guardrails with Democrats.
In a 60 Minutes interview, President Trump said warnings from AI executives overstate model risk and that the risk can be managed, claiming the Justice Department is doing so. He said officials told the unnamed leader of “one of the big” AI companies to prepare for jail, after which “this person totally changed everything.” He also said he would work with Democrats on AI safety but does not want guardrails that leave the United States behind China, and he preferred the term “super intelligence” to artificial intelligence.
Unconfirmed: The arrest warning and the claim that the unnamed executive changed course are Trump’s account only.
- Trump did not name the person or company in the arrest anecdote.
- He said China’s Xi is “all in” on what Trump calls SI.
- He described China’s only guardrail as whatever President Xi says.
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Asked about AI executives' warnings about their models' safety on 60 Minutes, Trump said, "I think that the risk is not nearly as real as it- as they talk, and I think the risk can be managed, and it's managed." He claimed the DOJ is managing that risk, saying, "We had a situation where somebody was reported to us to be doing something bad with AI. We called them very strongly and said, 'Get ready to go to jail.
By Stevie Bonifield · theverge.com
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