Donald Trump is bringing Big Tech's AI chiefs to the White House lunch table this week.
Reuters reports Trump will host Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other AI industry leaders at the White House on Tuesday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson also attending. The meeting comes amid what the report describes as mounting pressure on the government to establish rules for AI. Beyond the attendee list, the reporting includes no detail on what the lunch will actually cover.
A room full of AI executives sharing a meal with the president photographs well. It is not the same as a bill, a rulemaking, or even a public agenda. The story names who is showing up and gestures at a policy backdrop, but says nothing about what, if anything, gets decided.
Executives turning up for lunch is easy. Writing the actual rules for AI is the part that still has not happened.