U.S. President Donald Trump pushed back on Sept. 13 against calls from leading artificial intelligence executives to slow development, saying the United States must maintain its lead over China.

The president said the U.S. is leading China in AI by roughly a year, while researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI have warned of catastrophic risk

President Trump said there were "negative forces" predicting things that he says won't happen.

AI safety concerns intensify as industry leaders debate how quickly it should advance