Obama slams Trump's AI policy after 'doomsday' warnings

Former President Barack Obama criticized President Trump's approach to artificial intelligence regulation on Friday, citing warnings from tech industry figures about AI's potential existential threats to humanity. Speaking at Colgate University in New York, Obama rejected a Trump adviser's argument that market forces would address AI safety, comparing the logic to deregulating airlines, drug companies, or food producers. He said the current administration is "not capable of or willing" to create a serious regulatory framework, urging voluntary industry restraint as a stopgap measure. Obama has reportedly pushed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to prioritize AI oversight. Trump announced Saturday he would create an "AI Force" with a "czar," dismissing regulatory concerns as a "hoax" and suggesting renaming AI to "Superior Intelligence." Bipartisan lawmakers have raised alarms following warnings from Anthropic researchers that AI could kill all humans by decade's end.