# Trump hosts AI summit, dismisses safety warnings

> President Trump convenes nearly 20 tech leaders at the White House to discuss AI while rejecting calls for stricter regulation.
- Title: Trump hosts AI summit, dismisses safety warnings · NBC News
- Summary: President Trump convenes nearly 20 tech leaders at the White House to discuss AI while rejecting calls for stricter regulation. Trump hosted nearly twenty…
- Keywords: donald trump, artificial intelligence, white house summit, elon musk, mark zuckerberg, satya nadella, dario amodei, ai regulation, tech industry, america.gov, politics, news
- Source: NBC News — https://nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-host-summit-top-ai-leaders-washington-rcna599853
- Author: Scott Wong
- Published: 2026-09-29T16:03:57.761+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: donald trump, artificial intelligence, white house summit, elon musk, mark zuckerberg, satya nadella, dario amodei, ai regulation, tech industry, america.gov, politics, news
## Trump dismisses AI safety fears
President Trump calls artificial intelligence doomsday warnings a hoax and says American tech must innovate faster to beat China.
## Nearly twenty tech titans gather
Trump hosts a White House lunch on Tuesday with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang and other major AI leaders.
## Speaker Johnson backs Trump's stance
Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, will attend and has said Washington should not heavily regulate AI companies.
## Tech leaders warn of dangers
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI President Sam Altman have recently sounded alarms about AI risks and called for greater oversight.
## Trump frames AI as existential race
At the UN last week, Trump said whoever wins super intelligence wins, and America is leading China by a lot.

> Whoever wins AI, whoever wins super intelligence, wins. That's the group that wins, and we're leading now over China by a lot.
## Trump warns regulation stifles growth
Trump says he will not stifle growth in something bigger than the Industrial Revolution or the internet itself.

> I'm not going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution.
## Johnson rejects regulation approach
Johnson said on Fox Business that existing product liability laws and federal regulations already apply to AI companies.

> We do not need a moratorium. We do not need to jump in and hyperregulate this, because we'll lose the race to China.
## Trump unveils America.gov portal
Before the lunch, Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered website designed to help Americans navigate federal services in one place.
## Congress shows no urgency on AI bills
The GOP-controlled Congress has introduced dozens of AI bills but shows no rush to act before the November third midterm elections.
## Key takeaway

Trump hosted nearly twenty tech titans at the White House to discuss AI advancement while dismissing safety concerns and opposing regulation that he says would stifle innovation.