President Donald Trump hosted a luncheon at the White House on Tuesday with leaders of the country's largest artificial intelligence companies. Attendees included OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The meeting, which included the president's first one-on-one with Amodei following months of tension and previous plans to dine late Sunday, took place as calls for the regulation of the fast-developing technology reached a fever pitch.
Many of the gathered executives have called for a slowdown in the development of AI following several high-profile incidents where AI agents have gone rogue. These discussions occurred amidst growing global concerns over the threats posed by the technology.
Despite these calls for tighter guardrails, President Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations. He asserted that industry self-regulation and existing authorities, including the Justice Department, will be sufficient to keep artificial intelligence tools safe. In response to the pressure for guardrails, the president and the industry leaders have signed a set of voluntary safety standards.
Trump portrayed the race to develop artificial intelligence as a global competition between the United States and China, stating that the U.S. is currently in the lead.