US speaker rejects AI pause, warns of losing edge to China
Trump has dismissed AI fears as 'hoax', insisting US safeguards suffice and warning slowdown benefits China.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected calls to pause artificial intelligence development, arguing that doing so could give China an advantage over the United States.
“We cannot have a moratorium on the development of AI,” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. “Because then we will lose our edge to China, and that has serious national security implications for every American family.”
“They can self-regulate. They don’t need the government to tell them to slow it down. If they want to slow it down, they should,” he said.
Sanders also called on Trump to use his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate a treaty to pause AI development.