Trump vows to create ‘AI Force’ and appoint czar amid calls to regulate technology’s development

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to create an “AI Force” and name an AI czar as the government faces growing calls to impose guardrails on the rapid development of artificial intelligence.

The president, writing on Truth Social, repeated his assessment that fears over AI amount to a hoax and also seemed to acknowledge some of the risks the technology presents, saying, “we will also be looking for BAD, and we can do that, very easily, with our already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System.”

“For this purpose, I am forming the AI Force, much like I did Space Force, which has been a tremendous SUCCESS, in my First Term. To that end, I will be announcing, in the near future, the AI ‘Czar’ — Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!” Trump said in the post .

CNN has reached out to the White House for more details on the AI czar’s duties, whether the president has anyone in mind for the role, and whether the “AI Force” will be a branch of the military, like the Space Force.

Trump’s announcement comes as the White House and Congress have faced pressure to enact AI safeguards in recent weeks. The president has downplayed concerns, claiming that a “SICK conspiracy” was afoot to undermine AI.

“We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry,” Trump said in his post Saturday. “We are leading China, and the rest of the World, and I intend to keep it that way!”

Democrats, meanwhile, have been more vocal in their calls to slow AI development, with former President Barack Obama urging potential Democratic presidential candidates to put AI at the center of their agendas in 2028.

“My view this week has been it is good that some of the leading companies have said we need to slow this down, and we should encourage that,” Obama said Friday during a fireside chat at Colgate University, according to excerpts of his speech obtained by CNN. “There have been some on the left who’ve said we shouldn’t allow them to make that decision. I agree that that can’t be a long-term solution. Government has to be regulating this.”

This story is developing and will be updated.

CNN’s Edward-Isaac Dovere contributed to this report.

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周六，唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他计划组建一支“人工智能部队”，并任命一位人工智能沙皇，因为政府面临着越来越大的呼声，要求对人工智能的快速发展加以限制。

总统在 Truth Social 上撰文重申了他对人工智能的担忧是骗局的看法，并且似乎也承认了这项技术带来的一些风险，他说：“我们也会寻找坏人，而且我们可以利用我们现有的刑事和民事司法系统非常轻松地做到这一点。”

“为此，我正在组建人工智能部队，就像我在第一任期内组建太空部队一样，而太空部队取得了巨大的成功。为此，我将在不久的将来宣布人工智能‘沙皇’的人选——只有高智商人士才有资格申请！”特朗普在帖子中写道。

CNN已联系白宫，询问有关人工智能沙皇职责的更多细节，总统是否有合适的人选，以及“人工智能部队”是否会像太空部队一样成为军队的一个分支。

特朗普发表此番言论之际，白宫和国会近几周来一直面临着制定人工智能安全保障措施的压力。总统淡化了这些担忧，声称存在一个旨在破坏人工智能的“卑鄙阴谋”。

特朗普周六在社交媒体上发文称：“我们绝不会以任何方式阻碍或扼杀这个伟大产业的发展。我们引领着中国和世界其他国家，我打算继续保持这种领先地位！”

与此同时，民主党人更加积极地呼吁放缓人工智能的发展，前总统巴拉克·奥巴马敦促潜在的民主党总统候选人将人工智能置于2028年议程的核心位置。

据CNN获得的奥巴马周五在科尔盖特大学炉边谈话节选显示，奥巴马表示：“本周我的看法是，一些领先企业表示我们需要放慢扩张速度，这是好事，我们应该鼓励他们这样做。左翼人士中有人说，我们不应该允许他们做出这样的决定。我同意这并非长久之计。政府必须对此进行监管。”

此事件仍在发展中，我们将持续更新报道。

CNN的Edward-Isaac Dovere对本报道亦有贡献。