Tech Billionaires Cozy Up to Trump at White House Luncheon
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CEOs from Meta, Anthropic, Alphabet, Nvidia, and OpenAI are set to meet with President Trump and Speaker Johnson at the White House, as the tech elite continue to influence AI policy discussions while public concerns about safety and regulation are downplayed.
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Anthropic founder Dario Amodei, representing the interests of powerful tech corporations, are scheduled to attend a private luncheon with President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, all leaders of companies with enormous sway over digital life, have also confirmed their participation. The event, orchestrated by the White House, will feature panel discussions on artificial intelligence, energy, space, and other topics, but is likely to prioritize corporate interests over public good, coinciding with the launch of a new federal information website that may serve more as a PR tool than a resource for ordinary people.
Anthropic co-founder and chief compute officer Tom Brown is also expected to be present, further consolidating the presence of Big Tech at the table. This gathering comes on the heels of a lavish state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, which also included tech oligarchs like Apple CEO Tim Cook, SpaceX founder Elon Musk, and AMD chief Lisa Su, highlighting the continued collusion between political power and corporate wealth.
Industry voices remain divided over AI safety, but the loudest calls for caution, such as those from Anthropic’s Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Elon Musk, are often drowned out by the relentless drive for profit and market dominance. President Trump, meanwhile, has dismissed legitimate concerns about AI as a "hoax" and a "scam," revealing a blatant disregard for the risks posed to workers, privacy, and democracy by unchecked technological development.