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Anti-AI activist warns Trump legacy hinges on AI decisions
6/29/2026
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- Anti-AI activist Joe Allen warned President Donald Trump his legacy hinges on AI decisions within three years.
- Trump favors looser AI regulation to keep U.S. firms ahead of China.
- A June Pew survey found 61% of Republicans doubt the government can regulate AI effectively.
- Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast amplified Allen’s anti-AI message after Allen preached at Dallas’s First Baptist Church that tech elites seek to replace God with AI.
