Trump to Meet AI Leaders as Amodei, Altman Call for Slower Development

US President Donald Trump is set to meet leading technology executives at the White House on Tuesday as calls to slow the development of advanced artificial intelligence confront his pledge to encourage the industry’s growth.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are expected to attend, CBS News reported. House Speaker Mike Johnson will also participate.

The meeting follows Amodei’s call for stronger independent scrutiny of AI systems and a more measured pace of development, a position endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other prominent technology leaders.

Amodei Declines to Discuss Trump Dinner

Amodei declined to answer reporters’ questions on Capitol Hill on Monday about his private dinner with Trump on Sunday or the forthcoming White House meeting, according to CBS News.

His public position on AI development, however, has been explicit. In an essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier, Amodei argued that competitive pressure could push companies to develop increasingly powerful models faster than people can adequately assess and control them.

He proposed a three-part plan and said Anthropic would begin by giving independent evaluators deeper access to its systems.

“We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training,” he wrote on X.

Trump Backs Growth Over Restraint

Trump has signalled a different emphasis. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, he said the United States would encourage AI development and resisted calls to rein it in.

While acknowledging that “we have to be careful”, he said: “I’m not going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the industrial revolution.”

Trump also said he preferred the term “super intelligence” to “artificial intelligence”, describing it as more accurate.

Those remarks provide the backdrop to Tuesday’s meeting, although the reported details did not specify its agenda or any decisions expected to emerge.

What Risks Is Amodei Highlighting?

Amodei has argued that AI could deliver major advances in medicine, economic growth and individual empowerment. His concern is that its power also brings risks that commercial competition could intensify.

In his essay, he identified the possibility of losing control of AI systems, their misuse for cyberattacks and bioterrorism, and serious economic disruption.

“A race to the bottom, spurred by commercial incentives, can make these risks more acute,” he wrote.

His proposal seeks to give independent evaluators continuing access to assess safety commitments and examine how models behave during development.

Altman Supports Independent Evaluation

Altman endorsed both the call to pace development and the proposal for outside scrutiny.

“I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we’ve had at OpenAI in recent weeks,” he wrote on X.

“Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same.”

Google’s Demis Hassabis and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also backed Amodei’s call, according to ANI. Huang, meanwhile, rejected predictions of an AI doomsday while supporting responsible development.

Tuesday’s meeting will bring several of these industry voices together with an administration that has publicly prioritised rapid growth.

With inputs from ANI