Trump Officials Target Effective Altruism in AI Fight

Trump administration officials, including Pete Hegseth and Emil Michael, have launched a social media campaign branding Effective Altruism as dangerous and un-American. The movement, founded in 2009 by Oxford philosophers, is tied to AI safety work at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. A Politico poll found 63% of Americans believe AI poses at least a moderate risk of destroying humanity.