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Trump suggests rebranding AI with a new name, says he’s also creating an AI Force
Publisher description: Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.
TechCrunch | Sep 19, 2026 | Anthony Ha
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The president did not say what the AI Force and AI czar’s duties will entail. Venture capitalist Daivd Sacks stepped down as Trump’s AI and crypto czar earlier this year, moving on to co-chair the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The AI safety debate recently intensified after an AI researcher said he was quitting Anthropic over concerns that the leading AI companies “earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade” and are “gambling with our lives.
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