Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook has already been called upon to attend a state dinner with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24.
Tim Cook stepped down from his CEO position on September 1 and took over as Executive Chairman and Apple government liaison. The new role is meant to keep CEO John Ternus at a distance from political matters.
Barely two weeks into his new position, Cook will be attending a state dinner at the White House. According to a report from Bloomberg, US President Donald Trump is holding a state diner for Chinese President Xi Jinping and has invited CEOs and representatives from various AI companies.
Cook has been invited to attend alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. While Trump likely would prefer Apple CEO John Ternus, Cook has already established a rapport with the President through various dinners and donations.
The dinner is being held even as OpenAI and other industry leaders call for more regulation in the space. The call for regulation is supposedly for ensuring safe AI development, but some speculate it is more about keeping competitors from catching up.
The US President has openly and loudly declared that there will be no regulation against any AI, as that would place the United States at a disadvantage. The dinner with President Xi Jinping will likely involve discussions around AI regulations and competition between the rival countries when it takes place on September 24.
Perhaps Tim Cook could convince the AI leaders to stop the AI-driven RAM shortage and focus on utilizing the existing data centers to their fullest. Of course, that would take nothing short of a miracle, so expect zero useful developments from this little get-together.
