President Trump has announced plans for new 'AI Force' and 'AI Czar' amid growing AI safety concerns — new unit will 'cherish' AI and not 'stifle' it, Trump clarifies, while dismissing safety warnings as hoaxes

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to form an “AI force” and appoint an “AI Czar” amid growing concerns about the risks of the rapidly advancing technology. In a lengthy September 19 post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump compared the initiative to the creation of the U.S. Space Force — which he formed during his first term in office — clarifying that the new unit will not be used to restrict tech companies. He emphasized that his administration “will not in any way hinder or stifle the growth” of the AI industry, but will instead “cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows.” The president provided no further details on the initiative’s implementation, which reportedly took the White House and the tech industry by surprise.The announcement comes amid growing pressure on U.S. lawmakers to implement AI safeguards to address the risks the technology poses. Calls for guardrails intensified last week after an ex-OpenAI researcher resigned from Anthropic, citing concerns that AI companies weren't taking AI safety seriously enough. He warned that “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” accusing the companies of gambling with human lives. A safety researcher at the company also warned that there was a more than 10% chance AI would kill us all by 2030.Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.