# 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.
- Title: Tech CEOs heading to Trump-Xi state dinner · ABC News
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: sam altman, jensen huang, openai, nvidia, tim cook, apple, dario amodei, anthropic, donald trump, xi jinping, state dinner, white house
- Source: ABC News — https://abcnews.com/Politics/openai-nvidia-ceos-attend-trump-xi-state-dinner/story?id=136535677
- Author: ABC News
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- Topics: sam altman, jensen huang, openai, nvidia, tim cook, apple, dario amodei, anthropic, donald trump, xi jinping, state dinner, white house
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Major AI company leaders are positioning themselves at the center of U.S.-China tech diplomacy, even as they publicly disagree on AI regulation.