Trump accepts AI guardrails but not a slower race with China
Trump named no rule that he will use, and he said China has no comparable limits.
US President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview on Sunday that he will speak with Democrats about safeguards for AI development. He said he does not mind guardrails, but he said the US must not be in a deep second position behind China. Democrats won two chambers of the US Congress in the midterm elections.
What has changed
On 14 September, Trump called warnings about AI a hoax in a post on Truth Social. At this time he said the risks are much smaller than some say. He said the risks can be controlled.
The proof
Trump gave no safeguard and no plan for rules. Morningstar analyst Brian Colello wrote on 9 November that AI stocks fell last week. He said the cause is that Democrats won two chambers, which raised the risk of more AI rules.
What is not known
The source does not check the claim that China has no comparable limits. The board of Nvidia began an investigation by an external group of its chief executive, Jensen Huang. Reports give a connection to a Chinese executive. Trump defended Huang.
Insight: The race with China is the argument against strict rules
Trump accepts guardrails only if the US does not fall behind China. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US and China set up a dialogue on very advanced AI. He made no promise to limit it. This reads as a plan for rules that the race can always override. The 18 and 19 November meeting is the next test. Plan for soft rules, not hard limits.
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