White House hosts AI summit to review testing framework
Wall Street Journal assistant editor James Freeman analyzes the White House summit with major tech companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. As the administration reviews a new A.I. testing framework, a recent Fox News poll reveals that fifty-four percent of registered voters hold an unfavorable view of artificial intelligence. Freeman discusses ChatGPT utility and regulatory hurdles.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is officially entering the artificial intelligence (AI) space with a new tool they say will provide much-needed relief for Americans interacting with the federal government, Fox News Digital has learned.
At an all-day event beginning Tuesday morning and featuring President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, officials will launch and showcase on stage America.gov, a new website designed to enhance “the citizen experience.”
Also attending are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz and Joe Gebbia, AirBnB cofounder who now heads the National Design Studio (NDS), and who is the first-ever U.S.Chief Design Officer.
The event will be held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., and will also feature appearances from industry titans like Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp. NASA administrator Jared Isaacson is also a confirmed attendee.
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Micheal Martin, Ireland’s prime minister, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. The Irish prime minister is in Washington meeting with lawmakers, a bipartisan St. Patrick’s Day tradition. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A White House official described the new AI tool as “a new front door for the federal government that will provide a one-stop shop for Americans looking for information and resources from the federal government that are currently spread over a maze of various agency websites.”
“Next week is really about the golden age of America, and really getting to showcase how it’s not just a statement, its actually being built,” Gebbia told Fox News Digital.
“What we’re really excited about is that one of the things that we’ve been building is the golden age of the citizen experience.”
Gebbia, who added that the day will mark a “new chapter of usability for the country,” said the new AI tool is built to solve a simple problem faced by Americans who have for decades dealt with clunky, often inefficient and overly-complex government systems: “How do you make it easy to just access government?”
U.S. Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2026. President Trump spoke on the TrumpRX site, prescription drugs and health care affordability during the event. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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“You can imagine all the things that people try to get done or want to get done in the federal government, [and] just having a brand new way to access and actually get to the things that people are trying to get to in the federal government,” he said.
Titans of the tech industry will also be present for the unveiling on Tuesday, to “show, not tell” the American people about the tolls the Trump administration is building.
The day will include panel discussions with other senior administration officials and top industry leaders on artificial intelligence, energy dominance, health, space and agriculture.
“This is really an incredible collection of people that are working in service to the nation and really showcasing what the future of America is, where we’re headed,” said Gebbia.
President Donald Trump said he likes Elon Musk “a lot” after the pair faced a rift over the One Big Beautiful Bill earlier this year. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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Gebbia says Americans shouldn’t have to accept that their interactions with the federal government are going to be negative or difficult to navigate.
“What if people didn’t say that? What if people have had a different had a different sentiment? It’s entirely possible they can. It takes a president who cares about this, it takes an administration who wants to invest in it, and it takes the right talent to build it.”
“President Trump has those three things.”