Trump to host summit with top AI leaders in Washington

President Donald Trump is set to sit down Tuesday with several technology executives to talk about artificial intelligence, even as he waves off the gravest warnings about the technology as a "hoax." Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI's Greg Brockman are expected at the lunch, according to company and White House sources who were not authorized to speak publicly, and House Speaker Mike Johnson will join them. Sam Altman of OpenAI and Amodei have recently urged stronger government oversight and international cooperation on regulation, according to NBC News.

Trump argues American companies must keep innovating to stay ahead of China and worries that regulation could "stifle growth." Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly last week, he said the country leads China in the race for superintelligence and will stay there. Johnson pressed for the gathering after whistleblower Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, warning that developers believe their systems could "kill us all by the end of the decade." Johnson opposes heavy regulation, saying existing laws already apply and that companies could be held liable for harm; he told Fox Business a moratorium is unnecessary. Congress is unlikely to act soon: House members are away until after the Nov. 3 midterms, and senators may leave this week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is skipping the lunch, though Amodei visited him at the Capitol Monday night.

Before the lunch, Trump will unveil America.gov, an AI-powered portal meant to consolidate federal resources, built with help from Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia's National Design Studio.

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