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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang are expected Tuesday. Johnson wants a balance between safeguards and innovation, but the guests do not share a position on slowing AI.
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A Tuesday White House discussion will put competing AI policy arguments before President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, with executives including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang expected to attend. Amodei has advocated slowing advanced AI development; Huang argues new guardrails could undermine U.S. competitiveness with China. Trump met Amodei privately Sunday, but their discussion has not been disclosed.
The meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the White House East Room.
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Palantir’s Alex Karp and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg are also expected, according to CBS News.
The practical test is whether the discussion yields a specific safeguards proposal; no rule or proposal has been announced.
A White House meeting set for Tuesday will bring President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson together with AI executives who disagree on safety limits. Johnson says he wants to balance regulation with innovation. The expected guests include Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has urged limits on development speed, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has argued against new guardrails.
Trump had a private dinner with Amodei on Sunday. Ahead of it, Trump said AI regulation would be part of their discussion. CNBC reported, citing a person familiar with the visit, that it was their first one-on-one meeting. What they discussed at dinner has not been disclosed.
Trump has opposed slowing AI development and has called some fears about the technology a “hoax.” Amodei has called for limits on how quickly advanced AI is developed to manage potential risks. Tuesday’s meeting will put that disagreement before a larger group.
The meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the White House East Room. Amodei, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Palantir CEO Alex Karp are expected, CBS News reported. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Huang are also expected. Company spokespeople confirmed Brockman, Pichai and Karp’s plans to CBS; sources familiar with the plans supplied its accounts of Amodei, Zuckerberg and Huang.
Executives at OpenAI have also called for limits on development speed. Huang, by contrast, has argued that warnings about AI risks are overstated and that guardrails could weaken the U.S. position against China. The guest list gives executives with competing views a chance to make their case directly to Trump and Johnson.
Johnson described the meeting’s purpose on Monday as finding the “right balance” between regulation and innovation. In a Fox Business interview quoted by CBS News, he warned against smothering AI with red tape, calling that approach dangerous to national security. He presented the meeting as a step toward finding a balance, not as the unveiling of a rule.
A balance is what we're after. I think the conversation tomorrow will help us along that way.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, speaking to Fox Business, as quoted by CBS News
For now, Johnson has stated a goal, while those headed to the meeting have offered different arguments about the costs of slowing AI. The useful measure of Tuesday’s discussion will be whether it produces a specific proposal for safeguards—or leaves that choice open.
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