U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to nurture American leadership in artificial intelligence while favoring voluntary industry safeguards over new federal regulation. 

His administration has announced an AI task force and an accord with major technology companies as public concern grows over AI safety, jobs and data centers.  

CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports from Washington D.C. 

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