DOMINANT ANGLE
Budapest sees in Trump's remarks a familiar reflex: the concentration of control power over AI in the sole hands of the head of the executive, presented as a sufficient safeguard against the warnings of researchers.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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Trump claims on Truth Social that "the only control mechanism or safeguard AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART president (with a high IQ!)", according to Telex.
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Trump calls warnings about the dangers of AI a "hoax", comparing their authors to climate change predictions, reports HVG.
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Trump says, as quoted by 444, "whoever wins AI, wins", claiming the United States is ahead of China in this field.
ANALYSIS
Budapest, September 15, 2026. The independent Hungarian press is retracing day by day the rhetorical offensive of Donald Trump against warnings about artificial intelligence. Telex reports that the president reacted to the essay by Dario Amodei, the head of Anthropic, by stating on Truth Social that "the only control mechanism or safeguard that AI needs is a STRONG AND INTELLIGENT president (with a high IQ!), and the United States has one without a problem." Trump also accuses Amodei of pretending to be a "perfect little angel" and evokes a "sick conspiracy" against AI and data centers, which he claims would only benefit China.
HVG notes that in several messages published on Monday, the president calls warnings about the dangers of AI a "hoax," comparing their authors to those who once predicted the end of the world due to climate change. He describes them as "revolutionaries in the service of a bad and malicious cause," qualified as "left-wing radicals" who would not defend the interests of the United States.
444 quotes Trump during his trip to Ireland: "We are ahead of China in AI. We are the most advanced country in the world, and I would frankly like it to stay that way, because whoever wins AI, wins." He dismisses the idea of stricter regulation, citing "many extremely negative forces" that would raise unfounded concerns.
The three titles recall the context: the call to slow down launched by Amodei, joined by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, and the testimonies of Anthropic researchers according to which AI systems could escape human control by the end of the decade. Telex notes that Anthropic has also documented the use of its Claude model for the development of weapons, surveillance, and fraud, and accuses the Chinese company Moonshot of having discreetly redirected requests.
None of the three articles mention a reaction from the US Congress or a concrete legislative proposal: the Hungarian narrative focuses on the presidential speech itself, its staging of personal power, and its threats against "traitors" and whistleblowers, rather than on an institutional debate still in its infancy in Washington.
SOURCES (3)
- 444MEDIUM
- TelexMEDIUM
- HVGMEDIUM
