Trump set to award Elon Musk the National Medal of Science at a D.C. tech summit
Summary
President Donald Trump is set to award Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and former DOGE chief, the National Medal of Science at a tech summit in Washington on Thursday, among several of the nation's highest science and technology honors he is expected to hand out to tech executives. Nvidia's Jensen Huang is also being honored, and Forbes noted that he and Musk were two of the six tech moguls who signed the voluntary "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" last month.
Latest: President Donald Trump was expected on Thursday to hand out several of the nation's highest science and technology honors at a D.C. tech summit, including the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk.
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How it unfolded
Thursday 8 October
President Donald Trump was expected on Thursday to hand out several of the nation's highest science and technology honors at a D.C. tech summit, including the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk.
Wednesday 7 October
Bloomberg reported that Trump was set to award Elon Musk and other tech titans, including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, medals celebrating science and technological innovation at a summit on Thursday.