OpenAI and Nvidia CEOs slated to join Trump and Xi at White House state dinner
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Sources say OpenAI chief Sam Altman and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang will attend a White House state dinner with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside former Apple CEO Tim Cook.
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang are expected to attend a White House state dinner next week that will be hosted by President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to sources familiar with the arrangements. Former Apple chief executive Tim Cook is also reported to be on the guest list.
The White House has not commented on the planned attendees, and Anthropic, the AI firm behind the Claude assistant, did not respond to a request for comment on whether its chief executive Dario Amodei will be present.
During a recent technology summit in Los Angeles, President Trump called Nvidia’s chief executive while Jensen Huang was on a panel. In the call, Trump warned that the United States "cannot afford to lose the AI race to China" and dismissed concerns about AI risks as a "hoax."
Tech leaders are publicly divided over AI regulation. Altman and Amodei have advocated for a slower pace of development and government safeguards, while Nvidia’s chief executive and Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg have argued against government intervention. Anthropic’s chief executive has published a lengthy essay urging the United States to halt sales of advanced AI chips to China.
The dinner coincides with President Xi’s upcoming visit to Washington, where discussions on artificial intelligence and national security are expected to feature prominently.