Tech leaders join Trump's state dinner for Xi Jinping
Mark Zuckerberg confirmed he will attend a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, joining other tech leaders including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Microsoft's Satya Nadella, with the event expected Thursday in Washington. Bloomberg reports Huang, Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and Nadella are on the guest list, while CNBC confirms Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Jane Fraser, and Michael Dell are expected. Xi's U.S. trip runs Wednesday through Friday, though Chinese executives' attendance remains unconfirmed. The dinner occurs amid industry debate over AI development pace, with Zuckerberg and Huang opposing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for a slowdown, which Altman and Musk endorsed. China dismissed Amodei's remarks as "fearmongering," while the Trump administration warns regulation could cede ground to China.