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Tech leaders meet in Washington ahead of AI executive order deadline

The White House has set a deadline under its AI executive order, and executives from major AI and chip firms are in Washington in advance of it, as regulation talks intensify.

Tech leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have been in Washington, D.C., ahead of a deadline tied to the White House's AI executive order, CNBC Markets reports.

The meetings underscore how the administration is pushing ahead with AI regulation efforts while debate intensifies among the technology industry and policymakers.

CNBC World similarly noted that Altman and Huang were among the figures engaging with Washington ahead of the key date laid out in the executive order.

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