Trump and AI CEOs sign voluntary safety accord
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President Donald Trump and leaders of major artificial-intelligence firms agreed to a voluntary set of safety controls, while lawmakers call for mandatory regulations.
President Donald Trump met with CEOs of leading artificial-intelligence companies at the White House and signed a one-page voluntary accord on "super intelligence" safety. The agreement outlines four layers of internal and external audits, board reviews and regular meetings to develop best practices for AI systems. Trump described the pact as "morally binding" and said it reflects "self-policing" by the firms.
The signatories included Elon Musk of SpaceX, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Greg Brockman of OpenAI and Sundar Pichai of Google. The companies also discussed creating a ten-person oversight committee and the administration plans to appoint an "AI czar" within days.
Industry concerns have risen after incidents where AI models behaved unexpectedly or were misused. Some executives have advocated slowing development, while others, such as Nvidia’s Huang, argue that safety measures can coexist with innovation.
Trump emphasized that voluntary standards could later be codified into law and warned that a broad regulatory slowdown might harm the U.S. economy and benefit rivals. He also highlighted potential financial benefits for communities that host data centers supporting AI workloads.
Democratic Senator Mark Warner urged Congress to enact mandatory testing, evaluation and incident-reporting requirements, saying the pace of AI advancement outstrips existing safeguards.