House Speaker Mike Johnson and various industry leaders gathered at the White House on Sept. 29 for a series of meetings regarding the future of the U.S. technology sector. President Donald Trump delivered a national address from the Oval Office and unveiled a new government AI tool during the events. The summit included panels featuring Elon Musk and Jensen Huang to celebrate a "new American Golden Age" for artificial intelligence and sought to align the White House with top tech CEOs on industry standards.

The optimism of the summit contrasted with statements from critics like Gary Marcus, who described the AI industry as being "in shambles" due to mounting losses and safety failures. This sentiment aligns with reports that OpenAI is pausing training on its most powerful systems and canceling a planned model release. Additionally, the meetings followed a federal appeals court decision upholding the Pentagon's blacklist of Anthropic's Claude models, and reports indicated that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was not invited to the gatherings.