Sources: Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm convention, where they discussed AI and its growing power, at Altman's request (MS NOW)

President Donald Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm convention, where they discussed the growing power of artificial intelligence. Altman urged a federal framework for AI but said a pause was unnecessary, while Trump criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for a slowdown, asserting that strong presidential leadership is the only needed guardrail.