Trump Defends US Government's Blacklisting of Anthropic, Touts American AI Approach
President says China's only 'guardrail' on artificial intelligence is President Xi, calls AI potentially bigger than the internet and the Industrial Revolution.
US President Donald Trump defended his administration's approach to artificial intelligence, including the government's blacklisting of AI company Anthropic, according to remarks reported by Anadolu Agency.
Trump argued that the United States' approach to regulating and developing AI differs sharply from China's, saying that Beijing's only constraint on the technology is its own leadership. "China's guardrail is President Xi," Trump said, according to the report.
The president did not provide further details on the specific reasons behind the government's decision to blacklist Anthropic, an AI company known for developing the Claude chatbot, but indicated he stood by the move as part of the broader US strategy on artificial intelligence.
Trump also offered his assessment of the scale of AI's potential impact, describing the technology as bigger than the internet. He went further, saying AI is "probably" bigger than the Industrial Revolution, a transformation that reshaped economies and societies starting in the 18th century.
The remarks come amid an ongoing global race over AI development and regulation, with governments including the United States and China competing to set the pace of innovation while grappling with questions of oversight and national security.
Anadolu Agency did not specify the venue or exact date of Trump's comments in the excerpt available.
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- Trump touts US appproach to AI, defends government blacklisting Anthropic — Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
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