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Speaker Mike Johnson is set to join Donald Trump for meetings with leading technology executives focused on the risks posed by artificial intelligence. The talks come as Washington weighs how to regulate fast-moving AI development while keeping the US competitive, and they signal that AI policy is moving up the agenda for lawmakers and industry leaders alike.
- 2Trump dines with Anthropic CEO ahead of tech leaders event▼Trump dines with Anthropic CEO ahead of event with tech leaders
President Donald Trump had dinner with Anthropic CEO Darian Amodei ahead of a scheduled gathering with prominent technology leaders. The meeting signals continued outreach by the White House to major artificial intelligence companies, whose executives have increasingly sought influence over policy on AI regulation, safety and government contracts. Details of what was discussed at the dinner have not been released, and attention is focused on the broader event with tech executives that follows.
- 3AI executive calls industry's practices 'largest theft of labor in human history'●AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
An AI industry executive is quoted describing the development of artificial intelligence as possibly "the largest theft of labor in human history." The remark surfaced through documents disclosed in an ongoing lawsuit, which reportedly capture how tech leaders talk privately about training systems on human-created work without compensation. The comments are drawing attention to debates over whether AI companies have unfairly used writers, artists and other workers' output.