Leading technology executives, including Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, are expected to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday amid growing pressure for stronger oversight of the artificial intelligence industry.

The meeting, which will also involve House Speaker Mike Johnson, comes as US lawmakers debate how to regulate rapidly advancing AI systems while maintaining technological development and competition with China.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Palantir CEO Alex Karp are also expected to attend, while SpaceX executive Elon Musk is among those reported as possible participants.

The gathering comes after OpenAI announced that it had cancelled the release of its newest model over safety concerns, amid reports of AI systems behaving in ways that have raised questions about the ability of developers to control increasingly capable technology.

The meeting is expected to focus on finding a balance between encouraging innovation and establishing safeguards for AI.

Johnson said the US should avoid excessive regulation that could undermine its ability to compete with China, while acknowledging the need to strike a balance between innovation and oversight.

The discussions come amid increasing pressure on the US government and technology companies to address potential risks associated with advanced AI, including concerns about its impact on employment, security and wider society.

Amodei has called for the industry to slow the pace of AI development to allow greater attention to safety, although the proposal has not received unanimous support among technology executives or the Trump administration.

The United States and China have also recently agreed to establish a communication channel for AI-related incidents and a dialogue on the risks and benefits of so-called super intelligence, reflecting growing international concern about the development of increasingly powerful AI systems.