WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald

Trump and executives from the tech and energy sectors will

appear at an artificial intelligence and energy summit in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 15, the office of the state's

U.S. Senator Dave McCormick said on Thursday.

McCormick's inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation

Summit will be held at Carnegie Mellon University, his office

said in a statement.

Axios reported that tech executives like OpenAI CEO Sam

Altman, Meta Platforms ( META ) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft ( MSFT )

CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet CEO Sundar

Pichai were on the summit's guest list. Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) CEO

Darren Woods, Shell CEO Wael Sawan and Chevron ( CVX )

CEO Mike Wirth were also on that list, according to Axios.

White House AI czar David Sacks, who is also expected to

attend the summit, expressed concern earlier this week that

regulating U.S. AI too tightly could stifle growth and cede the

critical market to China.

The comments indicated the Republican president's approach

to AI could be centered on expanding markets abroad for U.S. AI

chips and models. Democratic former President Joe Biden had

emphasized policies that countered risks the chips could be

diverted to China and used to bolster Beijing's military.

A group of 40 state attorneys general, including Republicans

from Ohio, Tennessee, Arkansas, Utah and Virginia and other

states, have pushed back against Republican attempts to block

states from regulating AI, saying states should develop and

enforce common-sense regulation to protect consumers.