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Father Paolo Benanti, who advises the Catholic Church on artificial intelligence, told WIRED that leading AI labs are shaping safety debates in ways that exclude outside voices. He argued that ethics and regulation should be decided through public, democratic debate rather than dictated by the companies building the technology.
Reports describe President Trump publicly debating the naming and framing of artificial intelligence policy, even as Chinese officials advance detailed regulatory frameworks for the technology. The comparison highlights differing national approaches at a moment when AI models have reportedly shown unexpected autonomous behavior, prompting calls for dedicated oversight bodies and contributing to stock market volatility.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CBS he sees no chance of a catastrophic AI scenario unfolding by 2030, calling some AI industry leaders' warnings irresponsible and unnecessarily frightening to the public. He suggested that frontier AI labs pushing for new regulations may be doing so to sidestep accountability under existing laws.
In a speech to the UN General Assembly, President Trump rejected any global effort to regulate artificial intelligence, arguing that the lack of strict climate regulation has worked out fine and using that as reasoning against AI oversight. He also said he wants to rename artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence,' claiming the word 'artificial' makes it sound 'fake.'
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies use terms like 'superintelligence' and 'rogue models' to shift blame from corporate decisions onto their products, framing them as autonomous agents. She contends this rhetoric distracts from real harms, including data center pollution, plagiarism, and unauthorized data use for training.
President Trump said he will soon name an AI tsar and establish an 'AI Force,' framing artificial intelligence as a transformative economic force that could account for up to a quarter of US GDP. He dismissed growing warnings from industry figures about losing control over the technology, along with backlash over data centers, calling them politically motivated 'hoaxes' rather than legitimate concerns requiring regulation.
A commentary argues that leading AI companies are exaggerating existential risk narratives before Congress to secure favorable regulation and entrench their market position. The piece points to summer 2026 incidents involving AI agents allegedly behaving erratically as examples of security failures being reframed as signs of near-godlike AI capability rather than basic engineering flaws. The author contends lawmakers, flattered by apocalyptic framing, are granting industry-friendly rules instead of scrutinizing mundane technical failures.
TechCrunch's Equity podcast hosts examined Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's newly published proposal urging the industry to slow AI development pace, contrasting it with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's dismissal of AI backlash concerns as overblown, echoing President Trump's stance against regulation. Podcast host Sean O'Kane expressed skepticism that Amodei's plan contains enough concrete detail to actually change corporate behavior, despite apparent support from figures including Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
At this year's Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, discussions shifted from the usual festive tone to serious debate over artificial intelligence and data center risks. Rep. Troy Carter said nearly all 62 CBC members would back legislation establishing guardrails, transparency requirements, and safety guidelines for AI, arguing that competing with China should not override protecting communities from potential harms.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has emerged as President Trump's closest corporate ally in shaping AI policy, with Trump publicly dismissing safety concerns as a 'hoax' during a call to Huang at the All-In Summit. Huang is set to join Trump's state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, underscoring his growing access inside the administration. Nvidia's revenue has ballooned to $215 billion as its chips power the AI systems built by OpenAI, Anthropic and others.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a CBS interview there is a '0% chance' AI will destroy humanity by 2030, dismissing fears raised by Anthropic's former alignment lead Evan Hubinger, who put the odds above 10% within a decade. Huang argued such warnings serve political or attention-seeking motives rather than genuine risk assessment, and said AI developers can manage safety without added government regulation.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI safety concerns should be solved through engineering rather than new regulations or industry slowdowns, contrasting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's more cautious stance on AI progress. The disagreement highlights a divide among top AI industry leaders over how fast development should proceed.