Trump to host AI education dinner for tech leaders at Rose Garden

President Donald Trump will host two dozen high profile technology executives for a dinner Thursday evening on the newly renovated Rose Garden patio at the White House, the administration said, gathering leaders from across the industry to follow a White House meeting on artificial intelligence education. The guest list confirmed by the White House includes Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google founder Sergey Brin and CEO Sundar Pichai. Elon Musk, once a close ally of the president, was notably absent.

The dinner comes after a meeting of the White House's new Artificial Intelligence Education task force, which first lady Melania Trump will chair and which aims to develop AI education initiatives for American youth. The White House said at least some attendees would participate in the task force meeting as part of a broader effort by the administration to strengthen ties with the tech industry and shape AI policy and workforce training.

Alongside the leaders named above, the White House confirmed invitations to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Blue Origin executive David Limp, Micron CEO...