Biden convenes first White House AI safety summit with tech CEOs

President Biden meets at the White House with the CEOs of Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI — Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and Dario Amodei — to discuss AI risks including threats to national security, jobs, and consumer privacy. Vice President Kamala Harris leads the meeting alongside Biden. The administration announces it is directing the Commerce Department to solicit public input on AI accountability policies. The meeting is described as a first step toward executive action. Biden tells executives: "What you're doing has enormous potential and enormous danger."