Sam Altman visits Washington for White House and Hill meetings

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The OpenAI CEO’s trip comes as the dust settles on the president’s executive order addressing advanced AI models with nerve-wracking cyber capabilities.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Open AI CEO Sam Altman will be in Washington on Wednesday for meetings with high-level officials at the White House and bipartisan members of Congress, according to a person familiar with Altman’s plans and granted anonymity to discuss them.

Altman, who is expected to meet with White House officials engaged with AI policy, arrives in the Beltway shortly after the release of an executive order that would create a voluntary framework in which advanced AI models would undergo a 30-day government review before they’re released publicly. After recently pulling a draft of that executive order, President Donald Trump signed a modified version on Tuesday.