Meta CEO Zuckerberg lobbies US senators on AI, seeks to muster influence

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg went to the US Capitol Wednesday to lobby senators on artificial intelligence, seeking to muster his influence after standing with Donald Trump at his inauguration and nodding to the new Republican congressional majority’s social agenda.

Zuckerberg met with senators one day after his personal charity announced it was ending diversity, equity and inclusion programmes. He shut down some of Meta’s diversity efforts days before Trump took office last month. Eliminating DEI initiatives has been a priority for the Trump administration and many Republican lawmakers.