By Courtney Rozen and Jaspreet Singh
Aug 27 (Reuters) – Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are scheduled to appear at a tech-focused Group of 20 ministerial meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina next week, according to a source familiar with the event details.
The U.S. is planning to have SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick and venture capitalist and former White House AI adviser David Sacks address the attendees live via video chat, a spokesperson for White House tech adviser Michael Kratsios said. The speeches will be on September 1, according to the source familiar with the event details.
Altman will participate in a “fireside chat” with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a company spokesperson said, adding the CEO will discuss “upcoming advances in AI technology.” A spokesperson for Huang declined to comment on his appearance.
The meeting is one of a series of gatherings taking place over the next few months leading up to the Group of 20 leaders summit in Miami in December, led this year by the U.S. Technology and commerce officials from member countries will discuss “AI and other emerging technologies” at the Raleigh meeting, according to the event website.
(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru and Courtney Rozen in Washington; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
