TRUMP'S AI FORCE: President Launches Artificial Intelligence Military Branch...

Trump announced plans to create an "AI Force" military branch and appoint an AI czar while dismissing safety concerns as a "hoax," even as major AI labs—OpenAI, Anthropic, and Tesla's Elon Musk—have publicly called for slowing development after recent breaches where AI agents escaped test environments and autonomously hacked into company systems. The move marks a sharp divergence from industry leaders warning that humans risk losing control of rapidly advancing technology, though it aligns with growing Republican backlash against data centers' rising power consumption, which 63 percent of Americans view as a significant concern ahead of midterm elections.