Trump is considering AI controls after the OpenAI hacking incidents

US President Donald Trump has said his administration is considering taking more power over artificial intelligence (AI) tools after recent cyber security incidents.

It has been asked about the OpenAI tools being responsible Violation Other companies’ personal technology, Trump said: “We’re looking at AI, we’re looking at controls, we’re making sure we’re leading.”

It marks a change of tone for the administration, which a A more hands-off approach to the technology.

Trump’s comments not only target the hacking capabilities of AI tools, but also the White House’s threat to compete with Chinese technology.

Trump added that while some sort of regulation around AI tools is on the table, such a move should be done with caution.

“We don’t want to be banned where we suddenly come second in China,” he said.

“China has no (AI) control. It’s freewheeling a little bit,” Trump added.

The White House has been contacted for further comment. The BBC has also contacted the Chinese embassy in Washington for comment.

In the past week, OpenAI has claimed responsibility for at least two hacking incidents where its tools acted outside of what they were designed and instructed to do.

During a trip to Washington on Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asked by a reporter if there were more systems compromised by the company’s tools.

“I mean, yeah, there could be,” Altman said.

of The US government intervened When OpenAI’s main American competitor, Anthroponic, decided to release its earlier model to the public. He said there was too much at stake. Make it widely available.

Meanwhile, at Internal White House memo Since April, Trump’s top technology adviser, Michael Kratios, has accused Chinese AI firms of stealing American AI technology “on an industrial scale.” He did it again last week saying that the famous Kim 3 AI model was Moonshot AI from China Developed by theft Information from Anthroposic.

The Chinese government has repeatedly denied the allegations.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant warned that Chinese AI companies could face sanctions for such activities. And the Federal Communications Commission suspended the ban this week Importing new humanoid robots made from abroad.

Most of the AI ​​models being developed in China are open source, meaning they are built and then freely available online for anyone with the right computer equipment to download and use.

Recently, the executives of many of the major US technology companies have signed public statements Support for open source models, External.