Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
The Verge Jess Weatherbed ● Covered by 11 sources
Trump brushed off AI safety worries after renaming the tech “Super Intelligence.” He says the smartest people are now watching each other instead of the government.
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After a meal with Big Tech leaders on Tuesday, Donald Trump answered reporters on his AI plans with a mix of swagger and dismissal. He said his old line about AI safety fears being a “hoax” from Democrats no longer applies now that he has renamed the technology “Super Intelligence.”
He also waved away concerns that the US isn’t doing enough to put guardrails around AI. His reason: American companies are “dominating China.” That, in his telling, changes the equation. The pressure for tighter federal rules just doesn’t seem to be part of the pitch.
Instead of a regulatory push, Trump framed the whole thing as peer oversight. The “smartest people in the world,” he said, will be watching over each other. It’s a neat slogan, if you like your safety policy with a side of faith and very little paperwork.
The odd part is how much the language has changed without the underlying posture changing much at all. The danger gets renamed, the critics get brushed off, and the solution remains trust in the very people building the thing. That’s a familiar move in tech politics, just with a louder title this time.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is classic government-by-rebranding: call it “Super Intelligence” and suddenly the problem sounds smaller. The real tell is the line about companies “watching over each other,” which is exactly the sort of arrangement that sounds reassuring right up until something breaks. Mostly it shows how eager US politics still is to treat AI as a power race first and a safety problem second.
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