Artificial Intelligence
Trump backs self-regulation for artificial intelligence
After meeting technology leaders at the White House, Trump said AI should be largely self-regulated, pointed to existing oversight from the Justice Department and FBI, and mentioned local communities.
- Trump said self-regulation of artificial intelligence was important after meeting technology leaders at the White House.
- He told Jon Decker that there was a belief in considerable self-regulation and said the Department of Justice and the FBI already provided regulation.
- Trump said local communities were also discussed during the meeting, especially in relation to data centres.
- The article said Trump had repeatedly dismissed safety concerns and argued that the US needed to keep ahead of China on AI.
President Donald Trump said self-regulation of artificial intelligence was important after a meeting with technology leaders at the White House. White House correspondent Jon Decker asked whether the leaders had agreed that no guardrails or regulation were needed.
Trump replied that there was a view in favour of considerable self-regulation. He said the Department of Justice and the FBI already provided regulation.
He also said local communities were part of the discussion. Trump said the companies involved would work with communities on data centres and on making them happy.
The article said Trump had repeatedly dismissed safety concerns. It said he had argued that the United States needed to maintain its lead over China in AI.
Named in this story
People
- Donald Trump
- said AI should be self-regulated after meeting technology leaders
- Jon Decker
- asked Trump about support for AI guardrails
Governments and agencies
- White House
- hosted the meeting
- Department of Justice
- was cited by Trump as part of existing regulation
- FBI
- was cited by Trump as part of existing regulation
Places
- China
- was the country Trump said the US needed to stay ahead of on AI
How the source tells it
The piece was a straightforward political report with no clear emotive framing beyond direct quotations.
No emotive framing was found in the original.