# Senate Republican on Trump claim AI threat is ‘hoax’: ‘Come on’ > Source: > Published: 2026-09-16 14:44:58+00:00 Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s dismissal of rising concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence technology. “Come on, it’s not a hoax. It’s a real thing,” Tillis, who is not running for reelection, told reporters at the Capitol. “This is something that I’ve spent a lot of my professional career in,…