US President Donald Trump has branded fears around AI safety a "hoax" despite fears that the technology could destroy humanity. The President hit out at calls for greater safeguards to control the rapidly developing technology, claiming the only "guardrails" needed for AI were a "strong and smart" president.His comments come after Jack Clark, co-founder of AI giant Anthropic, suggested a "kill switch" capable of shutting down AI software completely if it becomes too dangerous may eventually need to be made mandatory. Clark said society "might want to eventually pass rules around" such a measure, adding that "most labs have different…