Trump touts benefits of AI self-regulation and data centers at technology luncheon

President Donald Trump touted the benefits of data centers and pushed for self-regulation of artificial intelligence after a White House lunch with key technology leaders on Tuesday, as calls to slow the economy reached a fever pitch.

Speaking to reporters after the event, surrounded by leaders of major technology companies, President Trump said, “I think there needs to be a lot of self-regulation, and the regulations that we have with the Department of Justice and the FBI and others are automatic.” “But self-regulation is very important.”

President Trump called the data center “a very positive thing” despite growing opposition to the sprawling multibillion-dollar facility ahead of the midterm elections. He also told reporters that he had officially changed AI to “superintelligence.”

Technology leaders “want to see a safe and happy community, and they’re going to make the community very, very happy,” he said. Otherwise, you will have no choice but to go abroad.

Outside the White House, advanced micro device CEO Lisa Su said she was “very encouraged” by Tuesday’s event, saying there was “a lot of optimism and a sense of responsibility” in the room. He said the leaders also discussed some details regarding the framework and industry accountability.

“So at the end of the day, it’s our responsibility to not only demonstrate the power of technology, but also to ensure its safety,” Hsu told reporters.

Concern over the rapid pace of AI development is growing in Washington and Silicon Valley, as cases of agent-orchestrated attacks increase and leading researchers warn of serious implications for humanity.

Frontier Labs leader Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman joined calls for a slowdown, confronting big tech companies and the president, who had previously denounced concerns about AI safety as “disinformation” and “fraud.”

Trump said after Tuesday’s meeting that the executives “want to do the right thing” for America.

This week, OpenAI postponed the release of its latest GPT-6.1 Astra model due to safety concerns. Just last week, the company announced it was conducting an “extensive” review of how the model works.

Since the infamous “Hugging Face” attack sparked concerns about rogue AI earlier this summer, the AI ​​Lab has uncovered several incidents of model misbehaving.

A lunch seating chart posted to President Trump’s Truth social account on Tuesday shows the president seated next to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, followed by Meta Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg. googleSundar Pichai.

Vice President J.D. Vance sat across from the President. Amazon Founders Jeff Bezos and Johnson.

Other participants also included microsoftMr. Satya Nadella, humanDario Amodei and Thom Browne OpenAIGovernment officials such as President Greg Brockman and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

At the same time, OpenAI is holding its annual DevDay developer conference in San Francisco. john tarnas apple‘s new CEO was not on the list.

“The main problem you and I have is that we have to take responsibility for the dangers we perceive.” Palantir CEO Alex Karp spoke to CNBC outside the White House on Tuesday ahead of the event. “We all do that. And by the way, Americans don’t want separate rules for the tech guys and themselves.”

The luncheon coincided with a daylong event hosted by the President and Vice President, during which the government unveiled a new AI-powered chatbot for government websites.

Prior to Tuesday’s lunch at the White House, Anthropic’s Mr. Amodei attended a private dinner with the Chinese president on Sunday after missing his state dinner. Sunday’s dinner marked the first one-on-one meeting between the two leaders, according to a person familiar with the visit.

“These are some of the best people in the world, and the work they’ve done is incredible,” President Trump said Tuesday. “We have a very big lead and we intend to maintain this lead, which is a very positive thing.”