# Trump says he threatened unnamed AI executive with jail over safety risks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trumps-60-minutes-interview-touched-on-ai-safety-threat-to-arrest-an-ai-exec/
- Published: 2026-11-09T15:50:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T18:54:14+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1029802/trump-60-minutes-ai
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- Trump says he threatened an unnamed AI company leader with jail.
- He gave no details about the reported conduct or company.
- He supports guardrails if they do not put the US behind China.

## Summary

Donald Trump said he had threatened an unnamed leader of a major AI company with jail after receiving a report that the person was doing something harmful with AI. He offered no details about the alleged conduct or the company, while presenting the incident as evidence that the risk can be managed.

In a 60 Minutes interview, Trump said the person “totally changed everything” after the threat. Asked about AI safety rules, he said he would work with Democrats on guardrails but argued they must not leave the US behind China, which he said has no guardrails beyond President Xi’s authority. He also referred to super intelligence as “SI”.

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