Trump Faced Loss After Loss. He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press.
The president’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.
The president’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.
Some Democrats said President Trump’s ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.
The president said his administration “will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth” amid amid warnings about the emergent technology.
He said the new agency will be “much like” the Space Force, a military branch Trump created in his first term.
President Trump has banned three news outlets from the White House, blocking their reporters from entering the grounds on Saturday and confiscating their press badges.
President had brushed away suggestions to slow down AI technology, even as his own party counseled caution
President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to create an “AI Force” and name an AI czar as the government faces growing calls to impose guardrails on the rapid development of artificial intelligence.
A group of top Democratic senators is calling on government watchdogs to investigate a series of mistakes in US military targeting plans caused by artificial intelligence, after a CNN report detailed how one such error, according to a source familiar with the incident, “almost started a war.”
An embattled Trump has injected his fight with the news media with new acrimony, writes the BBC’s Anthony Zurcher.