September 19, 2026: Trump to Name AI Czar, Bessent & He to Meet in NYC, More
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Why is President Trump planning to appoint an AI czar despite safety concerns?
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Ed Kalecki. President Trump says he will name an artificial intelligence czar as he continued to push tech companies to race ahead with development despite growing safety fears. He rejected concerns that the quickly evolving technology may pose risks to humans as a hoax, comparing it to the alarm over climate change and the scandals that led to his two impeachments during his first term. For the past week, top leaders of the U.S.' biggest AI platforms have been warning that it's time to slow the development pace of their most advanced and most lucrative models, citing escalating risks of the technology. Despite growing safety concerns, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang tells CBS News now is not the time to slow down AI development.
We should go as fast as we can, irrespective of anybody else.
What does NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang say about the pace of AI development?
We are going to go as fast as we can, but... We would never, ever, and never should ship products before they're ready, deliver products that are unsafe, and nobody's expecting us to do that. But everybody's expecting us to succeed and help America be as prosperous as possible.
Huang also said there's a zero percent chance AI will end the world by 2030. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and China's Vice Premier He Li-fung will lead talks on trade and other pressure points Sunday in New York, ahead of next week's summit between the leaders of the world's two biggest economies. The negotiators will lay the groundwork for a high-profile meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24th in Washington. Bessette and he last met face-to-face near Seoul four months ago, just days before Trump visited Beijing in May. Energy disruptions from the Iran war, the artificial intelligence boom, and trade and investment are likely to top the agenda as both sides work to maintain stability in a tariff truce that expires in November.
Adding urgency for U.S. officials to extend the deal are November 3rd midterm elections where inflation is a persistent voter concern. MSNOW, CNN and Politico said their journalists were denied access to the White House grounds Saturday after President Trump said he would bar the outlets. CNN called the move an illegal assault on the constitutional rights of news organizations to report without hindrance from government and all three outlets pledged to continue covering the Trump White House intensively.
How will the upcoming U.S.–China talks between Treasury Secretary Besant and Vice‑Premier He shape trade and AI policy?
An MSNOW reporter speaking to the network from a street near the White House said that she and a photographer had their badges confiscated at the gate when they arrived for work. although a producer for the network was allowed to enter. Bloomberg's Jeff Mason says attacks on journalists started during the first Trump term.
What I can say is that this is part of a pattern with attacks against the First Amendment by President Trump to reduce the ability for journalists to be able to do their jobs and to attack their work. And this pattern has increased during the second term. It's certainly not just at the White House. Our colleagues at the Pentagon have in the mainstream media were essentially kicked out of the Pentagon for not signing agreements that would limit what they would be reporting on.
Bloomberg's Jeff Mason. Trump's ban will likely face legal challenges with federal courts having overturned previous efforts by the Trump administration to ban reporters from the White House campus. Gas and diesel prices keep surging in the U.S., and there's now concern in Europe that oil flows will be disrupted soon over the temporary closure of a key pipeline in Saudi Arabia. Chris Kennedy is Economic Statecraft lead for Bloomberg Economics.
Why is the Trump administration banning major news outlets from the White House and what are the legal implications?
If they can't get crude from the Middle East to run into their refineries and turn into diesel and other products,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump planning to appoint an AI czar despite safety concerns?
0:00–1:14
2
What does NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang say about the pace of AI development?
1:14–2:46
3
How will the upcoming U.S.–China talks between Treasury Secretary Besant and Vice‑Premier He shape trade and AI policy?
2:46–3:57
4
Why is the Trump administration banning major news outlets from the White House and what are the legal implications?
3:57–5:13
5
How are global diesel shortages and the Iran war affecting U.S. energy markets?
5:13–6:17
6
What is the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on AI‑powered surveillance (FLOX) about and who will testify?
6:17–6:48
Speakers
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