{"id":351282,"date":"2026-09-19T20:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351282\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:06:14","slug":"trump-announces-ai-force-calls-fears-of-superintelligence-a-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351282\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces &#8216;AI Force,&#8217; calls fears of superintelligence a &#8216;hoax&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump announced he was creating a new \u201cAI Force\u201d and designating a new AI \u201cczar\u201d Saturday to keep the industry from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/19\/us-news\/openai-anthropic-oversold-security-breaches-to-pressure-feds-into-protecting-turf-insiders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">engaging in bad practices<\/a> \u2013 after doubling down that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/12\/us-news\/ai-ceos-demand-the-industry-slow-the-pace-of-advancements\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fears of AI superintelligence<\/a> are just another \u201choax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump compared a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/19\/us-news\/googles-gemini-ai-hacked-3-companies-during-security-tests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brewing panic over AI<\/a> to a series of other events he has branded hoaxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, there have been many Hoaxes, all generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats, for purposes of destroying our Country,\u201d he posted on Truth Social. \u201cRUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, Global Warming, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, Men in Women\u2019s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, and now, the decimation, or destruction, of AI, commonly known as Artificial Intelligence \u2014 And I, as President of the United States, will not stand by and let this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He compared the \u201ccrazed Data Center attack\u201d to an effort \u201cgoing straight at AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump doubled down that fears of AI superintelligence are just another \u201choax.\u201d AP Photo\/Julio Cortez<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators protest against data center development outside the Austin Marriott Downtown in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 2, 2026. Protesters cited concerns about the industry\u2019s demands on water, electricity, land and infrastructure. Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A drone view shows construction underway on Meta\u2019s new data center in Middleton Township, Ohio, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry. Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows! However, we will also be looking for BAD\u201d through the existing criminal justice system, he wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this purpose, I am forming the AI Force, much like I did Space Force, which has been a tremendous SUCCESS, in my First Term.\u201d He said he was screening \u201cHigh I.Q. individuals\u201d for the AI post.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come a day before Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent is set to sit down with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, with tariffs and AI expected to be on the table for talks.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent said in a statement the two officials would discuss \u201cboth open and closed-weight models\u201d of AI.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s announcement comes amid new pressure in Congress for legislative action to establish AI \u201cguardrails\u201d after a series of dire warnings from industry insiders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump announced he was creating a new \u201cAI Force\u201d and designating a new AI \u201cczar\u201d Saturday to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[66,2053,153,9,11,10,87,58],"class_list":["post-351282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-data-centers","tag-donald-trump","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-politics","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}