US President Donald Trump hosts a luncheon for tech leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 29, 2026. Pictured with the president are House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, centre, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, SpacexAI Founder and CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and CEO of AMD Lisa Su. Photo: OSV News/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters. The same week President Donald Trump sought to push for the rapid development of artificial intelligence, or AI, and data centres, Pope Leo XIV said safety concerns about the technology should be taken seriously. After meeting with tech executives at the White House, Trump said they agreed September 29 to establish voluntary safety standards for…
