Washington — President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with the executives of AI companies at the White House on Tuesday, as lawmakers face increasing pressure to take action amid the rapid development of the technology that some warn poses an existential threat to humanity. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is among those expected…
President Trump is slated to speak on Tuesday in Washington at an event that he has billed as an “extraordinary gathering of America’s greatest leaders, builders, innovators, and citizens,” according to invitation materials obtained by CBS News. The event will showcase the “people, ideas and innovations building America’s Golden Age,” according to the invitation materials,…
Bill Gates told CBS Mornings that President Trump’s view that the risks posed by AI are overblown reflects a societal blind spot, with many people unaware of how quickly large language models could transform the world. Mr. Trump is “in the place that everybody else is in, where at first you’re like, ‘Isn’t this just…
Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang told CBS News he disagrees with recent warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that the technology could lead to humanity’s extinction within a few years, calling such statements overblown “doomsday narratives.” “2030 is not going to be the end of the world. There is 0% chance that’s going to be…
President Trump on Saturday announced he is forming an “AI Force,” rejecting the negative sentiment around AI data centers and tech leaders’ warnings about the rapid development of artificial intelligence. In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around AI possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax….
David Sacks, a key adviser to President Trump on technology, told CBS News he believes that fears about artificial intelligence’s potential threat to humanity are overblown and that, while caution is warranted, development of AI should continue. “I think this is becoming a panic,” he told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling…
Sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln are swapping military operations for beaches, bars and a few days of much-needed rest after landing in Thailand. And after a record nine months at sea, parents of the sailors are just happy they are on solid ground after the grueling deployment. “I’m certain that his feet have touched…
