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Tech CEOs heading to Trump-Xi state dinner
OpenAI and Nvidia leaders will attend a high-stakes White House dinner as Trump and Xi discuss AI and national security.
In brief
OpenAI and Nvidia leaders will attend a high-stakes White House dinner as Trump and Xi discuss AI and national security. Major AI company leaders are positioning themselves at the center of U.S.-China tech diplomacy, even as they publicly disagree on AI regulation. Originally reported by ABC News.
Tech leaders heading to state dinner
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Apple chair Tim Cook are attending a White House state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.
Trump calls AI warnings a hoax
Trump called Nvidia's Jensen Huang during a tech summit this week, saying the U.S. cannot lose the AI race to China and dismissing safety concerns as a "hoax."
“the U.S. cannot afford to lose the AI race to China”
Tech leaders split on regulation
Altman and Anthropic's Amodei say AI development must slow with government guardrails, while Nvidia's Huang and Meta's Zuckerberg oppose government intervention.
Anthropic calls for chip export ban
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote an essay urging the U.S. to stop selling advanced AI chips to China, directly challenging Nvidia's business model.
“pace the frontier”
Dinner focuses on AI and security
Xi's Washington visit next week will feature discussions on AI and national security, with the state dinner serving as a key diplomatic moment.
The bottom line
Major AI company leaders are positioning themselves at the center of U.S.-China tech diplomacy, even as they publicly disagree on AI regulation.
