Trump Dismisses AI Safety Risks as 'Hoax' While Industry Leaders Call for Caution

President Trump is rejecting mounting warnings from AI industry leaders and researchers about existential risks posed by artificial intelligence, characterizing safety concerns as a politically motivated hoax—even as major AI companies and bipartisan lawmakers acknowledge significant dangers. In a policy stance that sharply contradicts a broad consensus in the AI industry, Trump has announced plans to establish an AI Force, modeled after the Space Force, and to appoint an AI Czar to accelerate U.S. AI development. He has compared AI safety warnings to previous concerns he dismissed, including climate change alarms.