Trump defends AI approach, criticizes Anthropic CEO and ‘conspiracy theorists’

President Trump defended his approach to Artificial Intelligence Monday, saying the only protections needed are a “STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT” amid calls for AI guardrails. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” he wrote on Truth Social.…