Trump dismisses AI doomsday fears as a 'hoax' and pushes industry self-policing after White House tech summit

After a private White House lunch with top tech executives, President Trump announced a 'morally binding' accord for AI companies to self-police, rejected binding regulations, and said he would soon name an AI czar. He called worst-case AI scenarios a 'hoax' promoted by Democrats, insisted that self-regulation and existing federal agencies would keep the technology safe, and framed the policy as essential to winning a global race against China. The meeting included CEOs from Anthropic, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others, but not OpenAI's Sam Altman. Trump also said he would rename artificial intelligence to 'super intelligence' (SI). This escalates Trump's pattern of dismissing AI concerns as a 'hoax' previously expressed at the UN on Sept 22, adding policy actions, while the renaming was formalized via executive order on Sept 29.

“There's going to be a tremendous self-policing aspect.” Quote verified against source