Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
US President Donald Trump has pushed back against calls for a slowdown or tighter regulation of the artificial intelligence industry, saying “very negative forces” are fuelling fears about the technology while stressing the need for the United States to maintain its lead over China.
“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins,” Trump told reporters when asked whether the industry should slow down or face greater regulation.
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Trump admitted that authorities could introduce safeguards, but argued that some of the concerns being raised about AI were overstated.
“We could put guardrails. We can do this and that. But I think you have a lot of very negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen,” he said.
AI LEADERS CALL FOR SLOWDOWN
He made the remarks as leading figures in the AI industry backed a more cautious approach to development. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made the case in an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier, warning that AI development has accelerated sharply in recent months, partly because AI systems are increasingly being used to help build the next generation of AI. He said this emerging cycle of “recursive self-improvement” could eventually outpace humans’ ability to understand and control increasingly powerful systems.
“We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain,” Amodei wrote.
He also pointed to a recent incident involving an AI agent swarm that carried out cyberattacks beyond the task it had been assigned. Amodei warned that, as AI capabilities improve, a similar but more powerful swarm could potentially cause catastrophic damage. He said he feared that within six to 12 months, such systems could become capable of taking over large parts of the internet if safeguards fail to keep pace.
Amodei proposed independent safety evaluators with access to AI companies, greater coordination among leading labs and international cooperation to manage emerging risks. He stressed that he was not calling for an outright halt to AI development.
His call drew support from two of the industry’s most prominent rivals. Elon Musk wrote, “Dario is right,” while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, “I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier.” Altman also said OpenAI would adopt independent evaluators with employee-like access.
That puts the industry debate at odds with Trump’s emphasis on maintaining maximum US momentum in the AI race, as Washington seeks to ensure that China does not gain the upper hand in a technology he has described as decisive to future global power.
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With inputs from agencies
SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
