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>Donald Trump reupped his battle with the “FAKE NEWS” media on Truth Social Friday, banning CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO for reporting “LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States,” with “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”

>POLITICO called sources in and around the administration to find out why — after months of low approval ratings for the president and his signature issues — now?

>Here’s what POLITICO learned.

>Many senior staff were surprised by the directive, which happened while chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, and weren’t aware it was coming until they saw the post, according to three people close to the White House with knowledge of conversations in the West Wing.

Translation: No adults were in the room

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>President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the catastrophic risks of artificial intelligence raised this week by some AI researchers, saying late Thursday he was focused instead on the U.S. losing its edge in the tech arms race.

>Asked whether he has concerns about existential risks posed by AI, the president said, “No, I don’t have any.

>“I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” Trump told reporters late Thursday as he left Dallas. “We are leading China right now by a pretty good period.”

>Several current and former Anthropic researchers are offering a stark warning about AI, suggesting the technology they are developing could destroy humanity in the near future.

>Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at both Anthropic and OpenAI, argued Tuesday that neither company is acting responsibly as they race toward superintelligence and accused the AI firms of “gambling with our lives.”