The White House held its press briefing marking it as the first briefing for President Donald Trump’s second term. The United States Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hosted the media and answered their queries. This was Karoline’s first press briefing as the White House Press Secretary. She talked about DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company and said that as per US President Donald Trump, this is a wake-up call for American AI.
Trump’s View On DeepSeek
Leavitt was asked about Trump’s view on DeepSeek or if he saw anything fishy about it. This included either its origins or cost and if China’s ability to make these models quicker cheaper affect US thinking about expanding generation data centers. She said that Trump believes in restoring American AI dominance and appointed the first AI czar to ensure it.
“The President was asked about DeepSeek last night on Air Force 1 when he gaggled for the third or fourth time throughout the weekend with members of the traveling press corps. The President said that he believes that this is a wake-up call to the American AI industry. The last administration sat on their hands and allowed China to rapidly develop this AI program,” Leavitt added.
She further added that the National Security Council (NSC) is reviewing any possible security threats.
Trump Believes In American AI dominance
“So President Trump believes in restoring American AI dominance and that’s why he took very strong executive action this past week to sign executive orders to roll back some of the honorous regulations on the AI industry. President Trump has also proudly appointed the first AI in crypto czar at this White House David Sacks…and his team is here working every single day to ensure American AI dominance. As for the National Security implications, National Security Council (NSC) are looking into what those may be,” she said.
She was further questioned about whether there is a fear that the US is falling behind or has already fallen behind in the AI race. Leavitt confidently replied, “No, the President is confident that we will restore American dominance in AI.”
