US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, to the White House ahead of a state dinner in Washington. Reuters photo
Despite the presence of executives from OpenAI, Apple, Meta, X, Amazon, Google and Nvidia, Anthropic is notably absent from the guest list, according to BBC. Its CEO, Dario Amodei, has previously warned that China taking the lead in artificial intelligence could pose a “grave danger” to the US and the wider world. China has rejected such arguments, with its foreign ministry saying narratives about a Chinese “threat” could undermine international cooperation on AI governance.
Among the high-profile technology executives attending are Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and TikTok investor Jeff Yass. Anthropic is one of the major US artificial intelligence companies and has taken a more cautious position on AI risks and China. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is among the technology executives attending the dinner. The high-profile gathering comes against the backdrop of unresolved disagreements between Washington and Beijing over trade, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, advanced technology and critical minerals. the two countries continue to compete over several strategic and economic issues While the state dinner offers a public display of diplomatic warmth.