KEY POINTS
- Trump said the risks of AI are not as serious as AI executives claim and that they are being managed.
- He said the DOJ threatened an unnamed leader of a major AI company with jail but gave no name or details.
- Trump said he would work with Democrats on AI safety but does not want guardrails that leave the US behind China.
President Donald Trump said in an interview on 60 Minutes that the risks of artificial intelligence are overstated and under control, and he described an episode in which the Justice Department warned an AI executive about possible arrest, according to The Verge.
