US President Donald Trump has said he plans to create an “AI force” and appoint an artificial intelligence czar.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday that his new plan would manage fast-growing sectors without adding regulations that could slow innovation, according to Newsweek and other media.
“To this end, I am creating the AI Force, much as I did the Space Force, which has been a tremendous success during my first term,” the president wrote. “To that end, I will, in the near future, declare an AI ‘czar’ — only high IQ individuals to apply!”
Trump did not say whether the AI force would be a military command, civilian agency or department The New York Times Notably, White House officials did not respond to an email seeking clarification.
Trump’s post comes amid warnings of the potential dangers of AI
Trump did not provide further details or a timeline for the plan BBC DrNote that his post comes amid warnings about the potential dangers of AI.
Cointelegraph reported on September 12 that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote a three-step proposal to accelerate AI development that, if left unchecked, “could outpace our ability to understand and control these systems.”
On Sunday, Anthropic said it has selected Accenture as its first embedded evaluator to help moderate the pace of AI development to move forward with the first steps outlined in Amody’s proposal, Cointelegraph reported.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk Amodei responded positively to Amodei’s proposal, though Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang did not, arguing that such regulation was not necessary.
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