Trump waves away AI threat to humanity as he boasts of US lead over China

President Donald Trump dismissed fears that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat and said the U.S. leads China in AI development by roughly a year, speaking after the Republican midterms convention. Texas Senator Ted Cruz warned that slowing U.S. AI innovation would let China advance without guardrails, and the comments followed the resignation of former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who warned AI leaders are recklessly pursuing superintelligence. U.S. officials also accused Chinese firms of stealing AI intellectual property from American labs, drawing a denial from Beijing.