Leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, SpaceX, Meta and Google attended the meeting, which Trump framed as building "America's Golden Age." The summit came as tech executives and experts have pushed for tighter oversight of AI, pointing to concerns about the risks the technology could pose.
One takeaway from the gathering centered on an AI "self-regulation" pact. Trump took questions from reporters during the event, according to the BBC report, though the exact terms of any agreement among the companies were not detailed in available reporting.
The meeting brought together some of the most powerful names in American tech, all racing to build and deploy AI systems at scale. Whether the industry actually polices itself, instead of facing government rules, could shape how AI tools show up in daily life, from chatbots to self-driving cars to workplace software.
The White House pitched the summit as a show of unity among rivals like OpenAI and Google, companies that spend billions competing against each other for AI dominance. Getting them in the same room, at the same table, under the same White House roof, says something about how high the stakes have gotten.