Trump, Johnson to meet with AI execs at White House amid debate over safety

President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are set to host leading artificial intelligence executives in the White House East Room at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, as lawmakers face mounting pressure to respond to a fast-moving technology that some critics say could threaten humanity's survival, according to CBS News.

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei is expected to attend, per a person familiar with his plans. Spokespeople say Google's Sundar Pichai, Palantir's Alex Karp and OpenAI's Greg Brockman will also come, while sources indicate Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia's Jensen Huang will join. On Sunday, Trump and Amodei had a private dinner, with regulation on the agenda, though the president has resisted the safeguards Amodei advocates.

Johnson said Monday the goal is a "right balance" between rules and innovation, warning on Fox Business that heavy bureaucracy could endanger national security. Leaders at firms such as Anthropic and OpenAI have urged limits on development speed to manage risk, whereas Huang and others contend the warnings are exaggerated and restrictions could erode American advantage over China. Trump has dismissed some fears as a "hoax" and said earlier this month he wants a federal "AI force."

Senate Majority Leader John Thune will skip the meeting but hopes it is "productive," and he met Amodei at the Capitol Monday, with more meetings planned later this week. Separately, several tech executives will attend another Washington event Tuesday, where Trump is expected to speak and launch a government web portal.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →