Altman, Musk, and Tech Leaders at White House Dinner: Who Was Excluded?
Major tech CEOs gathered at the White House for a dinner hosted by Trump, but Anthropic's Dario Amodei was notably absent.
It’s not February 14th, but we wish you to find someone who looks at you the way Sam Altman looks at Elon Musk 🥰
The photo is from yesterday's dinner at the White House, where Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping. Among the more than 130 guests were:
- Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
- Elon Musk (Tesla/xAI)
- Jensen Huang (Nvidia)
- Sam Altman (OpenAI)
- Tim Cook (Apple)
- Sundar Pichai (Google)
However, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, was not invited.
Recall that Trump previously called Amodei a hypocrite who is "pretending to be a perfect little angel," suggesting a rift between the administration and the AI safety-focused company.
Why it matters
AnalysisThis event highlights the intersection of politics and AI leadership, showing which tech giants have direct access to power centers and which are being sidelined.
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