White House AI Summit
President Trump and Tech Executives Meet at White House to Discuss AI Oversight
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with technology executives and House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House to discuss how the United States should approach artificial intelligence. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are among the executives expected to attend. Johnson says the goal is to balance continued innovation with safety, transparency and government oversight, while avoiding a moratorium or excessive regulation that he believes could weaken U.S. competition with China. The meeting comes as AI companies and other industry leaders warn of risks from increasingly capable systems and urge stronger safeguards, while Trump has emphasized maintaining the country’s technological lead and has downplayed calls to slow development.
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Trump and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had dinner two days before the planned White House meeting; Amodei was reportedly expected to raise concerns about risks from increasingly powerful AI. Trump said the U.S. was “about maybe a year and a half up on China” and asked, “why should we give that up?”
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he wanted to discuss AI risks with Trump and argued that government officials should help determine appropriate safeguards.
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Johnson said the Department of Justice could have a role if AI risks get out of control, while calling for transparency and some oversight before that point.
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The article reports that Trump characterized concerns about AI and data centers as a “sick conspiracy” and said concerns about AI were being fueled by “negative forces.”
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