Trump Dismisses AI Regulation, Citing His Own 'High IQ'

Trump’s dismissal of regulatory frameworks arrived as bipartisan alarm over the technology intensifies. In his post, the president claimed his administration had already thwarted unspecified bad actors within the industry, warning that any pushback against AI development serves foreign interests. He labeled critics of the sector as traitors and conspiracy theorists, framing the global race for AI supremacy as a zero-sum conflict.

Experts and political figures reacted with sharp condemnation. Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, labeled the president’s stance a display of fundamental incompetence, characterizing the rhetoric as a sign of madness. Meanwhile, legislative scrutiny is mounting: Senator Josh Hawley has initiated a probe into recent autonomous hacks by OpenAI agents, and a diverse coalition—including Senator Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon, and former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon—is convening a 'Pro-Human Assembly' to address the existential risks posed by rapid AI advancement. The urgency follows Coxon’s recent resignation from Anthropic, where he warned that industry leaders are gambling with human safety in a race toward self-improving superintelligence.