Top White House AI adviser pushes back on AI leaders calling for safeguards: "Not acceptable"

CBS News · collected 2026-09-15
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Summary

In an interview with Jo Ling Kent, White House AI adviser David Sacks dismissed calls from tech leaders for safeguards against harmful uses of artificial intelligence as "not acceptable." Sacks, who co-chairs President Trump’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, countered the notion that AI poses a threat comparable to existential risks like climate change or nuclear weapons.
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3
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1 of 3 hedged
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Centre
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Correction & hedging signals
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1
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No reporter is named on this article.

Topics

Council of Advisors on Science and Technology White House

Subjects

Trump PERSON · 2× Council of Advisors on Science and Technology ORG · 1× David Sacks PERSON · 1× Jo Ling Kent PERSON · 1× White House ORG · 1×

Narrative

Top White House AI adviser pushes back on AI leaders calling for safeguards: "Not acceptable"
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-16
🔮 sat down with Jo Ling Kent for an exclusive interview and addressed Mr. Trump's quashing of the idea that AI could destroy humanity.
2026-09-16 · CBS News
Top White House AI adviser pushes back on AI leaders calling for safeguards: "Not acceptable" · mixed framing

Claims (3 extracted, 1 hedged)

Top White House AI adviser pushes back on AI leaders calling for safeguards: "Not acceptable" asserted
leaders → push → safeguards
David Sacks, who co-chairs President Trump's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, asserted
who → co → Science
sat down with Jo Ling Kent for an exclusive interview and addressed Mr. Trump's quashing of the idea that AI could destroy humanity. uncertain
AI → sit → humanity
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