Extra: Tristan Harris On The State Of The AI Race

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🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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President Trump aims to make the United States the leader in artificial intelligence. His administration announced this week an action plan to boost AI development in the U.S., by directing 90 federal policy actions to accelerate innovation and build infrastructure. This came just days after President Trump attended an AI Summit in Pennsylvania, where technology and energy companies announced billions of dollars in investments in the data centers and energy resources the technology needs Shortly after the AI summit, we spoke with Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and former Google ethicist. Harris weighed in on America’s race to lead in AI technology and its fierce competition with China. However, he also urged caution as companies rush to become dominant, warning they should consider the threats AI could pose to our workforce, our children, and our way of life, as they develop more innovative and faster AI models. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with Tristan Harris, allowing you to hear even more of his take on the state of the AI race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.9	President Trump wants to make America as a leader in artificial intelligence.
1:20.9	And his administration announced this past week an action plan to boost AI development in the U.S., directing 90 federal policy actions to accelerate the process. And this came just days after the president attended an AI summit in Pennsylvania, where technology and energy companies announced
1:28.0	billions of dollars' worth of investments in the data centers and energy resources the technology
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1:38.0	and former Google ethicist Tristan Harris. Harris weighed in on America's race to be number one
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