Apple Chairman Tim Cook, OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang are set to attend President Donald Trump's state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on September 24. Their planned presence brings prominent artificial intelligence industry leaders into a diplomatic event taking place amid US-China competition over AI, trade disputes, technology controls and tensions related to the Middle East. The dinner follows planned New York discussions between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on AI, trade and rare earths. Washington has said it is willing to discuss shared AI risks and avoid technological separation while continuing its own development push. Cook, who stepped down as Apple CEO on September 1 and became chairman of the board, plans to remain involved in external affairs including relations with the White House and China.