FLOTUS Pool Report #1 - Roundtable begins

At 1:06pm, First Lady Melania Trump entered the East Room of the White House through the Green Room doors to a standing ovation.

She is joined by members of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education, private sector leaders and over 100 leaders who have "pledged to support AI Education and/or the Presidential AI Challenge from organizations big and small," per the East Wing.

They are seated around a horseshoe shaped table in front of gold candelabras and four American flags.

The first lady is sitting in the middle of the table, next to OSTP Director Michael Kratsios and Education Sec. Linda McMahon. She is wearing a khaki colored suit.

“Good afternoon and welcome to the White House,” she began. Remarks TK.

AI Education Task Force Members:

Michael Kratsios, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Secretary Brooke Rollins, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Secretary Linda McMahon, U.S. Department of Education

Secretary Chris Wright, U.S. Department of Energy

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. Department of Labor

David Sacks, White House Special Advisor for AI and Crypto Czar

Hayley Harrison, Assistant to the President; Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Robert Gabriel, Jr., Assistant to the President; Deputy National Security Advisor

Vince Haley, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

AI Education and Workforce Champion Representatives

Mr. Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet

Mr. Cameron Wilson, President, Code.org

Mr. Arvind Krishna, CEO and Chairman, IBM

Others spotted in the room by the pool:

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

This is the second meeting of the Task Force. Today's meeting will be livstreamed on C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/event/white-house-event/first-lady-melania-trump-holds-white-house-task-force-on-ai-education-meeting/436136

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