Jimmy Kimmel mocked President Trump's dismissal of artificial intelligence dangers during Thursday's monologue. After Trump called AI concerns "a hoax" and claimed "robots will not be taking over the world," Kimmel quipped that this is "exactly what the president says at the beginning of the movie where the robots take over the world."

Kimmel referenced a Wall Street Journal report that White House senior officials have been meeting almost daily to convince Trump to implement AI guardrails, dubbing the effort "Operation Take Away Grandpa's iPad." He joked that advisers present safety plans to the president, who then "tells them about his uncle who worked at M.I.T., eats his lunch, and falls asleep."

Kimmel offered a satirical solution: "If you want him to take the threat of A.I. seriously, it's real simple: Tell him Chat GPT is about to release the Trump-Epstein files. I'll bet 100 bucks he'll get Pandora stuffed right back in that box."

Other late-night highlights included Jimmy Fallon noting Trump's teleprompter displayed "Hold for booing" during a North Carolina speech, and Michael Kosta commenting on diesel fuel and Middle East oil dependence.