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Updated · CNBC · Sep 2
Lutnick Hosts G20 AI Talks With Huang and Altman on Day 2
Updated
Updated · CNBC · Sep 2

Lutnick Hosts G20 AI Talks With Huang and Altman on Day 2

3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Sep 2

Summary

  • Day 2 of the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill put AI at the center, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick convening talks featuring Nvidia's Jensen Huang, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown.
  • Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, is co-leading the conference as G20 representatives gather for technology policy discussions.
  • China, Brazil, Canada and Germany are among the countries represented at the ministerial, underscoring the breadth of the policy audience around AI.
  • Tuesday's opening session had already drawn Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla/SpaceX chief Elon Musk, showing AI and tech leadership dominating the broader G20 gathering this week.

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