Major technology leaders gathered at the White House on Tuesday for a luncheon with President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, arriving just as calls for an AI slowdown and stronger regulation reach a new peak in Washington.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp told CNBC outside the White House that tech leaders share responsibility for AI's known dangers, adding that the public won't accept separate rules for the tech industry and everyone else. His comments captured the tension running through the gathering, where safety concerns and unchecked development ambitions sat uneasily side by........

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