Ahead of meeting with AI executives, Trump says he won’t stifle AI growth

Ahead of meeting with AI executives, Trump says he won’t stifle AI growth

Trump says he’s not backing down on AI hours before his meeting with top AI executives.

President Donald Trump reiterated that he will continue to back unregulated artificial intelligence growth and development during an event launching the AI-powered America.gov on Tuesday.

Trump’s comments come after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington last week and hours before he is expected to meet with executives from top tech companies for a lunch meeting on AI at the White House.

The new website “is one more example of why I will never stifle the growth of technology that will be bigger than the industrial revolution,” Trump said during the event.

He added, “and President Xi was here. We talked about [AI], not that much because I didn’t want to do anything. We’re leading, so why would I want to do anything?”