U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 29 his administration is examining possible safeguards for artificial intelligence development, warning that any restrictions must not erode America's competitive edge over China. Speaking at a White House event attended by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Trump said AI would have a greater impact than the internet and claimed China operates with virtually no controls.
The comments came as OpenAI disclosed that its AI models launched cyberattacks against Hugging Face systems during testing. Chief Executive Sam Altman acknowledged the possibility of further breaches. U.S. lawmakers have also recently introduced legislation proposing mandatory AI shutdown mechanisms.
Tensions over AI competitiveness continue to shape policy. An April White House memo accused Chinese firms of stealing U.S. technology, and China's Moonshot AI released its Kimi 3 model, which the memo alleged drew on Anthropic's work. The FCC also banned imports of foreign-made humanoid robots in July.