FX.co ★ Trump threatens top executive of leading AI company with prison

US President Donald Trump said the administration issued an unusually blunt threat of criminal prosecution and arrest to the chief executive of one of the largest artificial intelligence firms. He made the remarks on CBS’s 60 Minutes, as reported by Business Insider. According to the president, the probe began after officials had found out that the top executive was using the company’s AI technologies to “do something bad.”

Without naming the individual or the company, Donald Trump said that White House officials contacted the executive and bluntly asked whether he liked the orange color — a reference to prison uniforms. The CEO was advised to go home and say goodbye to his family with a warning that he could end up behind bars the next morning. Trump said the ultimatum worked: the corporate head immediately halted the disputed activity and reviewed internal processes, while acknowledging it was possible the executive did not act with direct malicious intent.

Commenting on the balance between safety and industry development, Trump said he is not against reasonable safeguards but argued the US must not stifle progress or risk losing global leadership to China, where the tech sector develops with fewer restrictions. The president has previously said heavy administrative oversight had already deterred market players from reckless moves, mentioning disputes with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. At the same time, other countries are accelerating AI deployment at the state level: for example, Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged Rosfinmonitoring to make greater use of advanced analytical models and AI algorithms in supervision.