President Donald Trump has dismissed warnings that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, telling reporters at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, that such predictions "won't happen." His remarks come amid growing debate in Washington over how to handle AI's rapid development, with Trump instead framing the issue as a competitive race with China that the US must win to maintain global technological dominance.

The comments follow a warning from Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher, who told Fox News that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity as soon as 2030, comparing the difficulty of controlling AI to that of nuclear weapons. House Speaker Mike Johnson also weighed in, opposing any moratorium on AI development for fear of falling behind China, while urging AI industry leaders to meet with Congress on possible regulation without stifling innovation. Separately, former President Barack Obama reportedly told Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries that AI's rapid growth in private hands is concerning and urged him to develop a public policy framework if he becomes House Speaker after November's elections.