Sources: Jensen Huang and other execs asked Dario Amodei at the White House why he was so extreme in public on AI risks; Amodei said it's important to be honest (Wall Street Journal)
Nvidia's CEO was among the execs at White House event who called out the Anthropic leader for warning about the technology's capabilities
US President Donald Trump recently hosted a gathering of influential technology executives at the White House, amid growing concerns about the potential risks and impacts of artificial intelligence. According to The National Business and The National UAE, Trump dismissed fears about AI as "a hoax," despite concerns about its potential impact on the labour market, environmental impacts of data centres, and AI-induced cybersecurity incidents.
The meeting included executives such as Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google's Sundar Pichai. At the event, Huang and other executives reportedly questioned Amodei about his public warnings on AI risks, with Amodei responding that it's essential to be honest about the technology's capabilities, as per the Wall Street Journal.
Trump announced plans to create a 10-person committee to oversee the AI sector and signed an executive order rebranding AI as "super intelligence." The executives present signed a "morally binding" agreement, although details were not provided.
Brief written by urgent.news from Techmeme, Financial Post, Hindustan Times - World News, The National Business, The National UAE — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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