
Mr ChatGPT and other AI power players are going to the White House to discuss AI’s massive thirst for energy
CNN
The face of artificial intelligence in America is set to meet with top US officials at the White House on Thursday, CNN has learned, in a first of its kind meeting to solve a riddle that could severely strain US infrastructure: how to power the AI boom.
The face of artificial intelligence in America is set to meet with top US officials at the White House on Thursday, CNN has learned, in a first-of-its-kind meeting to solve a riddle that could severely strain US infrastructure: how to power the AI boom. Sam Altman, the CEO behind ChatGPT maker Open AI, Google senior executive Ruth Porat and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are expected to be among the tech executives in attendance, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. The meeting, which hasn’t been previously reported, is the first time senior White House officials will sit down with tech company leadership to discuss how to quench AI’s insatiable thirst for energy. The source said the White House expects to detail how the public and private sector can work together to maintain US leadership in AI in a sustainable way. The effort shows how business leaders and government officials are being forced to confront emerging challenges posed by the AI boom, which has captivated investors on Wall Street. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other top officials from the Biden-Harris administration are also set to attend, along with representatives from Microsoft, according to a White House official. Neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to attend.

Tucked in the Trump administration’s sweeping AI action plan announced Wednesday is a recommendation that tech companies with federal contracts ensure their models don’t include “ideological bias.” Such a rule would likely have a wide impact considering many large tech companies either work with or are pursuing work with the government work; Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI were each awarded $200 million to work with the Department of Defense earlier this month.