AI Leaders Headline Trump-Xi Dinner as Tech Diplomacy Takes Center Stage

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon are expected to attend next week’s White House state dinner with Trump and Xi Jinping, signaling AI will be a key topic in talks. Altman has urged industry-wide standards and a slowdown on AI development, while Huang has dismissed apocalyptic fears and urged continued chip sales to China. The invite underscores tech leadership’s role in diplomacy, with other invited firms like Anthropic, Google, Meta and AMD not commenting publicly.