Trump says US Justice Department could rein in AI companies if needed


US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - ⁠President Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to ‌new regulations on AI technology, telling global leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that US law ​enforcement agencies would rein in ⁠the sector if ⁠needed.

"We're going to watch it closely through the ⁠Department ‌of Justice," Trump said, referring to AI technology and the top ⁠US law enforcement agency.

Public alarm about the ​potential danger ‌posed by artificial intelliegence is growing, after ⁠Anthropic researcher ​Jacob Coxon resigned and said, "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all ⁠by the end of the ​decade."

Trump in recent weeks has dismissed alarms about AI, arguing that such claims are a "hoax."

"I'm ⁠not going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution," he said.

Trump also said US government documents ​would use the term "super intelligence" ⁠going forward instead of artificial intelligence.

(Reporting by ​Courtney Rozen in Washington and ‌Gram Slattery at the ​United Nations; Writing by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by David Ljunggren and Howard Goller)

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