US President Donald Trump has revealed that he once threatened to have a senior executive at a major artificial intelligence company arrested over alleged security violations, describing an extraordinary intervention aimed at addressing potential risks linked to AI technology.
Please give your wife a kiss good night,'” Trump recounted. See your wife and children. Give them a kiss good night. The President also questioned predictions that AI could potentially lead to human extinction within the coming years, describing such warnings as overstated.
Because tomorrow morning, you’re going to jail,'” he added. Because china’s gonna have it, okay, “First of all,.
“We had a situation where somebody was reported to us to be doing something bad with AI,” Trump said. The President said he personally ensured that the executive was contacted and issued a stern warning, telling the unidentified individual to prepare for arrest the following morning unless immediate action was taken. “We called them very strongly and said, ‘Get ready to go to jail. “We said, ‘Go home right now. The warning prompted an immediate change in the executive’s approach, according to Trump. He claimed that “this person totally changed everything” after the intervention, while noting that the Department of Justice remains involved in addressing potential threats associated with emerging technologies. So if we don’t have it, China’s gonna have it,” Trump said.
