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Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? | Politics Weekly America

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Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? | Politics Weekly America

Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? | Politics Weekly America

Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and formal guardrails to be introduced by the US government. But President Trump is not moved by the doomsday predictions, calling them a ‘hoax'. What is behind his affection for the AI industry? Jonathan Freedland and Guardian US tech editor Blake Montgomery discuss