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President Trump says he will create an AI Force and appoint an AI czar, but the design, leader, and timeline remain pending.
# Trump says US will form 'AI Force' and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar
 
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will form an "AI Force" and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar amid warnings about the emergent technology.
In a social media post on Saturday, he said his administration "will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth" of the industry, and pushed back against calls to slow down the development of AI until better safeguards are put in place.
His post came as a slew of warnings about the potential dangers of AI have spurred calls for coordinated action on the technology's development.
Trump offered no details or a timeline for his plan.
## Why Trump is all-in on AI despite the warnings
"AI is the next Industrial Revolution, or Internet, but will be even larger and more impactful, possibly as much as 25% of our Country's GDP," he said on social media, adding that he wants the US to continue leading China in AI.
AI now sits at the heart of the US-China rivalry as the world's two largest economies seek to gain an edge in advanced tech, and it is expected to be discussed when Trump meets President Xi Jinping next week.
Meanwhile, Trump said his administration would use the existing criminal and civil justice system to target any bad actors using the AI.
He also repeated comments that criticism and concerns around the potential dangers of AI are a "hoax".
Claims by current and former researchers that the tech will endanger humanity - with one suggesting there is a greater than 10% chance of it "killing all humans" - have raised alarm bells in recent weeks.
Major AI companies have been racing to develop better systems, including creating what they call super intelligence - theoretical tech which is smarter than humans.
AI titans Anthropic, OpenAI and Google - the tech companies behind Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, respectively - have also disclosed instances of security breaches or incidents in which their chatbots were used for "malicious activity".
Anthropic head Dario Amodei recently called for AI development to slow down and proposed industry-wide deceleration and regulation, as well as independent monitoring of AI model development.
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of xAI have both said they agree with his recommendations.
Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, told BBC that a "kill switch" that can be checked by a third party may need to be mandatory for the industry.
The warnings have prompted US lawmakers to propose legislation around the technology but Altman suggested this week that Washington has struggled to keep pace with the new tech and how to regulate it. He said people should have more faith in AI firms to keep it safe.
"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this," Altman told a conference in San Francisco.
In the UK, MPs across parties and peers [have identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyzvgj70y4o) and have argued that existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology's rapid growth.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published a report calling for a new bill on AI to "address the scale and seriousness" of such threats.
## Trump says AI safety fears a 'hoax' as he rejects calls for greater safeguards
## Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weapons
## Journalists denied White House access after Trump banned some media outlets
## Analysis: Trump escalates media fight after week of setbacks
## Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash
 
## Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC.
 
## Nato welcomes Greenland deal as Trump says it will give US 'permanent security control'
Denmark and the US have reached an agreement after months of threats from Donald Trump to annex the territory.
 
## AI helps turn old milk bottles into new ones
AI identifies crushed plastic milk bottles at Redcar plant, helping turn waste into new packaging.
 
## Trump says he is banning CNN and Politico from White House
The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throughout his political career.
 
## Could AI wipe out humans and how might it do it?
Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy looks at some of the scenarios being imagined and assesses how likely they are.
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AFP via Getty Images US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the "Winning the AI Race" AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will form an "AI Force" and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar amid warnings about the emergent technology.
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# Trump says US will form 'AI Force' and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar
 
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will form an "AI Force" and appoint an artificial intelligence tsar amid warnings about the emergent technology.
In a social media post on Saturday, he said his administration "will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth" of the industry, and pushed back against calls to slow down the development of AI until better safeguards are put in place.
His post came as a slew of warnings about the potential dangers of AI have spurred calls for coordinated action on the technology's development.
Trump offered no details or a timeline for his plan.
## Why Trump is all-in on AI despite the warnings
"AI is the next Industrial Revolution, or Internet, but will be even larger and more impactful, possibly as much as 25% of our Country's GDP," he said on social media, adding that he wants the US to continue leading China in AI.
AI now sits at the heart of the US-China rivalry as the world's two largest economies seek to gain an edge in advanced tech, and it is expected to be discussed when Trump meets President Xi Jinping next week.
Meanwhile, Trump said his administration would use the existing criminal and civil justice system to target any bad actors using the AI.
He also repeated comments that criticism and concerns around the potential dangers of AI are a "hoax".
Claims by current and former researchers that the tech will endanger humanity - with one suggesting there is a greater than 10% chance of it "killing all humans" - have raised alarm bells in recent weeks.
Major AI companies have been racing to develop better systems, including creating what they call super intelligence - theoretical tech which is smarter than humans.
AI titans Anthropic, OpenAI and Google - the tech companies behind Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, respectively - have also disclosed instances of security breaches or incidents in which their chatbots were used for "malicious activity".
Anthropic head Dario Amodei recently called for AI development to slow down and proposed industry-wide deceleration and regulation, as well as independent monitoring of AI model development.
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of xAI have both said they agree with his recommendations.
Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, told BBC that a "kill switch" that can be checked by a third party may need to be mandatory for the industry.
The warnings have prompted US lawmakers to propose legislation around the technology but Altman suggested this week that Washington has struggled to keep pace with the new tech and how to regulate it. He said people should have more faith in AI firms to keep it safe.
"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this," Altman told a conference in San Francisco.
In the UK, MPs across parties and peers [have identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyzvgj70y4o) and have argued that existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology's rapid growth.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published a report calling for a new bill on AI to "address the scale and seriousness" of such threats.
## Trump says AI safety fears a 'hoax' as he rejects calls for greater safeguards
## Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weapons
## Journalists denied White House access after Trump banned some media outlets
## Analysis: Trump escalates media fight after week of setbacks
## Converse pulls 'deeply upsetting' advert after backlash
 
## Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC.
 
## Nato welcomes Greenland deal as Trump says it will give US 'permanent security control'
Denmark and the US have reached an agreement after months of threats from Donald Trump to annex the territory.
 
## AI helps turn old milk bottles into new ones
AI identifies crushed plastic milk bottles at Redcar plant, helping turn waste into new packaging.
 
## Trump says he is banning CNN and Politico from White House
The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throughout his political career.
 
## Could AI wipe out humans and how might it do it?
Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy looks at some of the scenarios being imagined and assesses how likely they are.
### The BBC is in multiple languages
#### Read the BBC In your own language
Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [**Read about our approach to external linking.**](https://www.bbc.com/editorialguidelines/guidance/links-and-feeds)
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