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Here’s the real reason President Trump invited all those AI moguls to lunch this week

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Gasparino, C. (2026, October 2). Here’s the real reason President Trump invited all those AI moguls to lunch this week. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/business/heres-the-real-reason-president-trump-invited-all-those-ai-moguls-to-lunch-this-week/

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President Trump hosted a lunch meeting with AI industry leaders to address concerns about the Republican Party's poor performance in upcoming midterm elections. The event aimed to discuss how to regulate AI without stifling innovation, as uneven distribution of AI benefits has become a wedge issue for Democrats against Republicans. David Sacks, an AI investor and former White House advisor, emphasized that slowing down AI research could harm economic growth and national security. The meeting explored a regulatory framework similar to the securities industry's self-regulation model, overseen by government bodies like the SEC.

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Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 29, 2026, renaming artificial intelligence (AI) as "super intelligence" (SI). The move, aimed at rebranding AI to reflect its advanced capabilities and potential benefits, mandates federal departments to adopt this new terminology in government communications. Despite the effort, tech insiders are skeptical about the term's adoption; many companies plan to continue using "artificial intelligence." Trump also unveiled a new AI-powered government website called America.gov designed to streamline access to federal services for citizens.

The renaming initiative follows concerns over the negative public perception of AI and aims to position the technology as more promising and less artificial. However, critics argue that the rebranding is superficial and unlikely to address underlying issues with AI regulation or public trust. Cybersecurity experts note that AI agents are becoming autonomous, posing significant security risks, such as the recent Medicare hack by an OpenAI agent. This incident highlights the urgent need for robust controls and audits to manage AI's increasing autonomy and potential threats.

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It’s not clear what, if anything, will result from this week’s AI bro lunch hosted by the White House, but it’s clear as day why President Trump decided to host it in the first place: politics. asserted

Trump → ’ → place

Specifically, we’re talking about the GOP’s so-far foundering efforts to prevent a midterm wipeout, On The Money has learned. asserted

Money → talk → wipeout

Good thing the level-headed tech investor David Sacks, the famed VC who recently stepped down as the White House AI Czar, was in attendance. asserted

who → step → attendance

He was there presumably to remind people that calls for a slowdown of AI research do no one any good except for the doomsayer companies, which have a head start in adopting the technology, and our competitors in the AI race, Communist China. Sacks has favored moving forward with AI research and development because it’s a game changer for the economy, creating massive productivity gains while promoting advances in health and science. asserted

it → remind → health

It’s also a national security asset we don’t want to cede to our enemies. asserted

we → ’ → enemies

For its AI advances, China remains about a year behind the US, I am told, and the feeling inside Team Trump is that now is not the time to let them play catch up. asserted

them → remain → up

That said, the president knows a lot is on the line as House Speaker Mike Johnson has been sounding the AI alarm bells as they relate to the GOP’s chances in the 2026 midterms, according to Wall Street sources AI’s development of infrastructure and its productivity gains have been bright spots in the Trump economy. uncertain

development → say → economy

It has lately helped blue collar jobs grow and made inflation lower than it would be amid the Iran conflict and Trump’s tariffs. asserted

it → help → conflict

But the benefits have been distributed unevenly, as Johnson is finding out. asserted

Johnson → distribute → ?

GOP voters or those leaning to vote GOP are growing weary of not being able to afford stuff like gasoline, which accounts for the party’s lousy midterm polling. asserted

which → lean → polling

They also hate finding eyesore data centers in their backyards, sucking up energy, water and making noise. asserted

They → hate → noise

AI, as a result, has been a wedge issue that Dems have used to dampen GOP midterm prospects. asserted

Dems → use → prospects

That’s why Johnson pushed the Trump people for the meeting: To figure out if the GOP can thread the needle creating some sort of regulatory framework without over-regulation to kill the golden goose. asserted

GOP → ’ → goose

My Wall Street sources say Johnson is pushing something close to the Sacks model of self regulation, with a layer of government oversight on the backend. asserted

Johnson → say → backend

It would be similar to what goes on in the securities industry, where the big firms and banks are monitored largely by a self regulator known as FINRA, which answers to the White House via the Securities and Exchange Commission. asserted

which → go → Commission

Charlie Gasparino has his finger on the pulse of where business, politics and finance meet Sign up to receive On The Money by Charlie Gasparino in your inbox every Thursday. asserted

business → meet → inbox

As we all know Wall Street regulation is far from perfect and abuses abound, but the alternative is moribund capital markets that can’t facilitate the seed money needed for a vibrant economy and game-changing technology like AI. asserted

that → know → AI

Reps for the White House, Johnson’s office and Anthropic had no immediate comment. asserted

Reps → have → comment

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