[Trump Invites 6 AI Giants for Lunch: Should AI Hit the Brakes? White House Talks Face-to-Face] Beating AI Newsflash: U.S. President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will have lunch at the White House with executives from six tech companies to discuss AI risks and government regulation. Expected attendees include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Ahead of the meeting, Johnson stated that the focus of the discussion would be finding a balance between AI innovation and regulation. He explicitly opposes halting AI development and "overregulation," arguing that such measures could put the U.S. at a disadvantage in AI competition with China. However, he also emphasized the need for greater transparency in AI and a certain degree of government oversight. The companies at the table have significantly different views on AI risks. Anthropic and OpenAI have recently issued public warnings about the severe risks posed by more advanced AI, while Meta has been more focused on highlighting the positive benefits AI can bring. Trump himself has previously downplayed related risks, but prior to this meeting, he had a private dinner with Amodei at the White House. [Original Link]