WATCH: AI safety scare sparks Cap Hill fight over guardrails: 'China's going to eat our lunch'

Trump’s dismissal of AI danger warnings as a "hoax" is fueling a Capitol Hill debate over whether Congress can impose new safeguards without slowing U.S. development and handing China an advantage.

"I don't think President Trump really knows what he's talking about," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told Fox News Digital. "I do think we don't need to be just complete doomsdayers about it. "

"[Trump] says almost everything is a hoax that he doesn't agree with," Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said.

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