Obama rips Trump over AI policy amid ‘doomsday’ warnings

Former President Barack Obama said at Colgate University in New York on Friday that the federal government must regulate artificial intelligence, criticizing President Donald Trump's handling of the technology amid "doomsday" warnings from parts of the tech industry about AI's potential existential threat to humanity.

Former President Obama on Friday slammed President Trump over his handling of how to approach artificial intelligence AI amid “doomsday” warnings coming from some in the tech industry about the technology’s potential existential threat to humanity. Obama said during an interview at Colgate University in New York that the federal government must regulate AI, before…