Watch: Why is Donald Trump so opposed to regulating AI?

The head of AI company Anthropic has called for the pace of development of artificial intelligence models to slow down and to be closely monitored, and other AI leaders have joined him. But US President Donald Trump is opposing calls to regulate the technology.

Video produced by Cai Pigliucci, filmed by Ian Druce, edited by Meiying Wu

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