LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (Our Los Angeles) — A planned White House meeting on artificial intelligence could help set the direction of U.S. oversight, but it is not itself a policy change. Ahead of the September 29 gathering in Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he and President Donald Trump would discuss with technology executives how to address safety concerns without slowing development.
“The innovation is important to continue, but we have to strike the right balance. That’s what the conversation is going to be about,” Johnson said in a Monday interview with Fox Business.
Johnson, a Republican, rejected both a pause in AI development and what he called excessive regulation, arguing that either could weaken the United States in its competition with China. His comments frame the central policy question for AI developers and the federal government: what oversight would provide safeguards while allowing the technology to advance?
Johnson said transparency and oversight should come before any possible Justice Department role if problems arise. He did not describe a specific rule or enforcement action.
A person familiar with the plans told Reuters the meeting was set for September 29. People familiar with the plans identified Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Greg Brockman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang among those expected to attend. Their attendance was not confirmed in those accounts.
The planned discussion brings companies developing AI and the officials who could shape its oversight into the same room. But the available accounts do not establish an official agenda or a proposal. For now, Johnson’s remarks identify the trade-off the meeting is meant to address, not a decision about how the government will regulate AI.
