Trump taps top officials to lead new 'Super Intelligence Force'
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, President Trump said the task force brings together top federal officials to coordinate the government's work on artificial intelligence, or "Super Intelligence."
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OpenAI CEO says 'world should accept some bad things' for AI benefits
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI should remain widely available, arguing the technology's benefits are worth accepting some risks.
In an interview with Politico's Decoded newsletter, Altman said he believes "the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency."
Altman also said OpenAI and rival Anthropic have significantly different views on AI regulation.
While he said he understands the argument that AI could become so "powerful" and "dangerous" that it should be controlled by a single company, he disagrees with that approach.
"I disagree, but I understand the perspective of people who are like, 'This technology is going to get so powerful, and it's so dangerous, that a single lab in San Francisco should have it and make sure nothing bad happens, and kind of figure out how to dole out the benefits,'" Altman said.
Calling that "a completely unacceptable trade-off," Altman said OpenAI instead supports a "lighter-touch regulatory approach."
"I wouldn't take a trade of saying, 'We'll make sure there's no major hacks, there's no misuse of this technology, there's zero scams, there's zero all the other bad things that will happen,'" he said. "Because I think people will do tremendously — orders of magnitude more — good stuff than bad stuff."
Reuters contributed to this report.
Legal scholar says there's 'no empirical data' AI will lead to human extinction
A legal scholar is pushing back on calls to slow AI development after a former OpenAI safety executive raised concerns about the AI industry's approach to safety.
In an appearance on Fox News' "Fox & Friends Weekend," Oliver Roberts, co-director of the WashU Law AI collaborative, said there is "no empirical data" supporting claims that AI could lead to human extinction.
"We've seen this script many times," Roberts said. "And I do think it's very important to recognize that all these numbers they throw around —10%, 20%, 50% chance of extinction —none of this is based in fact. There's no empirical data or research backing that. It's numbers people throw out, then they get on the news and they get attention."
Roberts argued that the U.S. should not slow AI development unless China does the same.
"Unless China is also gonna slow down AI development, it makes no sense for the United States to slow down, because all these risks and concerns will manifest but manifest in the hands of China and not the United States," Roberts said. "Then we're really in a position where China controls the future of humanity and not us anymore."
He also said AI companies don't need new regulations to improve safety, arguing they are already subject to laws covering negligence, consumer protection, cybersecurity and criminal conduct.
"If these AI companies want to slow down, they can do it right now. If they want to be more responsible, they could do it," Roberts said. "They do not need the government to step in and do it, and right now, a big misconception is that there's no AI regulation in the United States. That is flatly false."
He added, "All these existing regulatory regimes keep these AI companies accountable."
Elon Musk rebrands SpaceXAI following Trump directive
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is rebranding the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) arm following President Donald Trump’s executive order last week calling for AI to be referred to as "Super Intelligence" (SI).
SpaceXAI will be renamed SpaceXSI, Musk confirmed in a post on X, while responding to an X user.
"Yes, we will make that change," he said.
"No more AI. SI, it’s better," he said in another post.
The move follows Trump’s executive order, "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence," which argues that the new term better reflects the technology’s capabilities. The order applies to public communications, government websites and reports, while congressional statutory references remain exempt until Congress passes conforming amendments.
The move also highlights Musk’s longstanding view that frontier technology has evolved well beyond basic AI, a position he has held long before AI chatbot tools became widely available to the public.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu.
Tech powerhouse’s regulatory push bears similarities to a notorious Washington strategy
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, has pushed for greater government regulation of AI in ways that echo elements of the Washington playbook employed by convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried during his time as a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a review of public records shows.
Both Anthropic and Bankman-Fried poured millions of dollars into Washington influence campaigns while publicly arguing that government rules were needed to make their respective industries safer, although the money flowed through notably different channels.
Critics in both industries have accused them of using regulation to strengthen their competitive positions. Bankman-Fried’s political operation later became part of a criminal case involving illegal campaign contributions, while Anthropic’s spending has consisted of disclosed lobbying and advocacy efforts.
Anthropic, for its part, denies this characterization. Bankman-Fried, meanwhile, later said his public posture on regulation was essentially "just PR" in a social media direct-message exchange published days after FTX collapsed.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Robert Schmad.
Trump launching 'Super Intelligence Force' to ensure American dominance
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the creation of a new federal "Super Intelligence Force" tasked with coordinating the government’s efforts to keep the United States at the forefront of rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology.
The new force, known as SIF, will coordinate federal engagement with consumers, public-interest and religious groups, critical infrastructure providers and technology companies, Trump said in a Truth Social post.
"The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence," Trump wrote.
Trump said the technology "is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet" and would "protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans."
The president said the effort will be led by senior administration officials and report directly to him and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace.
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