President Trump rejects warnings of AI-driven human extinction, saying the US leads China by a year and will be "in a very bad position" if it doesn't win in AI (Jeff Mason/Bloomberg)

President Donald Trump has dismissed warnings from AI researchers regarding potential human extinction caused by artificial intelligence. He asserted that the United States currently holds a one-year lead over China in AI development. Trump emphasized the critical importance of the US winning the AI race, stating that failure to do so would place the country "in a very bad position."