Tech executives, but not Elon Musk, to attend Trump's Rose Garden dinner

President Trump is scheduled to dine with tech executives from Apple, Meta, Google and OpenAI connected Thursday nighttime astatine a White House lawsuit successful the recently renovated Rose Garden.

The gathering is the latest illustration of however the world’s astir almighty tech leaders are forging stronger ties with Trump’s 2nd administration.

There’s 1 high-profile tech enforcement who won’t beryllium astatine the gathering: Tesla and xAI Chief Executive Elon Musk, who backed Trump but past feuded with the president aft temporarily starring an effort to slash authorities spending.

Musk posted connected X that helium “was invited, but unluckily could not attend” and a typical would amusement up connected his behalf.

The Hill archetypal reported that astir 2 twelve tech and concern leaders, including Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman, are connected the invitation list. The gathering is scheduled to instrumentality spot aft First Lady Melania Trump hosts an lawsuit for the caller Artificial Intelligence Education task force.

“The president looks guardant to welcoming apical business, political, and tech leaders for this meal and the galore dinners to travel connected the new, beauteous Rose Garden patio,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told the Hill.

Meta declined to comment. Apple and xAI didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Ahead of the dinner, Microsoft and OpenAI announced ways the companies are supporting the White House’s efforts to grow AI literacy. As AI disrupts industries including amusement and healthcare, workers person expressed anxiousness astir whether they volition suffer their jobs.

OpenAI said it’s moving with businesses specified arsenic Walmart and John Deere to physique a level that volition assistance employers find workers with AI skills. The San Francisco tech company, which besides has a level wherever radical tin larn astir AI, plans to connection certifications truthful workers tin showcase however overmuch they cognize astir the technology. OpenAI said it aims to to certify 10 cardinal Americans by 2030.

Microsoft outlined respective ways it’s trying to assistance students and workers larn much AI skills done its grants, partnerships and products, including offering a twelvemonth of Microsoft 365 Personal — which includes the company’s AI adjunct Copilot — escaped for each U.S. assemblage students if they motion up earlier the extremity of October.

“AI is the defining exertion of our time, and however we empower radical to usage it volition signifier our country’s future,” said Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, who is besides expected to be the dinner, successful a video. “That’s wherefore we are truthful grateful to the President, First Lady and the full medication for making it a nationalist precedence to hole the adjacent procreation to harness AI’s power.”

Silicon Valley tech executives had a contentious narration with Trump during his archetypal term, sparring with the president implicit issues specified arsenic immigration.

They’ve struck a much affable code with the president during his 2nd word arsenic they propulsion for a much hands-off attack to regularisation portion competing to predominate the artificial quality race.

In July, the Trump medication released an enactment program that aimed to chopped “red tape” truthful tech companies tin rapidly make and deploy AI exertion arsenic they spell head-to-head with firms successful China and elsewhere. Trump tapped task capitalist David Sacks, who is besides expected to be Thursday’s dinner, to usher the White House’s argumentation connected AI and cryptocurrency.

As tech companies complaint ahead, kid information and advocacy groups person raised concerns determination aren’t capable guardrails successful spot to support the intelligence wellness of young radical arsenic they spill their darkest thoughts to chatbots.

Trump has besides publically criticized galore tech executives earlier striking deals with them. After Trump called for the resignation of Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan implicit alleged conflicts related to his reported investments successful Chinese companies, tensions cooled aft they met. Intel past announced successful August that the U.S. authorities would instrumentality a astir 10% involvement successful the semiconductor company.

Trump besides struck an antithetic woody with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices that allows the companies to merchantability definite chips to China successful speech for giving the U.S. authorities a 15% chopped of those sales.

This raised questions among politicians and ineligible experts astir whether that statement is legal. Nvidia antecedently said it would walk up to $500 cardinal implicit the adjacent 4 years connected AI infrastructure.

Other tech executives person shown enactment for gathering successful the United States arsenic they look the menace of tariffs from the Trump administration. They besides donated to Trump’s inaugural money aft helium won the statesmanlike predetermination and person been showing up astatine high-profile events.

Apple successful August pledged to walk an further $100 cardinal connected home manufacturing, bringing its full U.S. concern committedness to $600 cardinal aft Trump criticized the institution for expanding iPhone manufacturing successful India.

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank announced this twelvemonth that they planned to put a full of $500 cardinal successful U.S. AI infrastructure implicit the adjacent 4 years.