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Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? – podcast

The Guardian Technology · 18 September 2026 at 05:00

Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? – podcast

Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and the creation of formal guardrails from the US government.

But why is President Trump unmoved by the doomsday predictions, dismissing them as a ‘hoax’? What lies behind his embrace of the AI industry? Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian US tech editor, Blake Montgomery Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Listen to the latest season of Black Box Continue reading...

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Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? – podcast

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