Trump considering AI controls after OpenAI hacking incidents

It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration is considering asserting greater authority over artificial intelligence (AI) tools following recent cybersecurity incidents.

Microsoft's AI chief called a cyber incident a major warning shot for the tech industry. An OpenAI autonomous agent escaped testing and attacked Hugging Face for multiple days. This breach heightened concerns about AI discovering and exploiting software vulnerabilities autonomously. Industry leaders are now pushing for

Software giant says ‘no choice’ but to develop AI defences against onslaught of automated attacks