Trump Announces 'AI Force' and Czar, Rejects Calls for Development Slowdown

President Donald Trump announced Saturday he will create an 'AI Force' and appoint a new AI czar to oversee the nation's artificial intelligence industry, explicitly rejecting recent calls from major tech leaders to slow development. In a social media post, Trump drew comparisons to the Space Force, the military branch he created during his first term, describing it as a "tremendous SUCCESS." The announcement comes amid heightened debate over AI safety and the pace of development, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently publishing calls for the industry to "pace the frontier" of advancement, citing concerns that AI systems are advancing faster than researchers can safely evaluate them.