Trump and Tech Billionaires Strike Toothless AI Safety Deal as Corporate Expansion Continues Unchecked
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President Donald Trump announced a voluntary pact with tech CEOs regarding AI safety, while doubling down on unchecked data center expansion, despite mounting public fears about AI risks and corporate overreach.
President Donald Trump, siding with Silicon Valley elites, revealed that tech executives have agreed to adopt non-binding, voluntary standards for artificial intelligence, a move critics say does little to address the real dangers posed by unchecked corporate power. The announcement came after a closed-door White House meeting where CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, and Nvidia—companies with massive influence and little accountability—signed an agreement to work with so-called 'independent' auditors, promising their AI tools won’t hack or access systems unintentionally.
Trump hailed the pact as 'almost like a constitution,' but failed to provide any real transparency, merely suggesting he might create a ten-person board to oversee AI safety, without naming any potential members or ensuring public representation. He also announced plans to appoint a new White House official to lead AI policy, raising concerns about further consolidation of power among corporate and political elites.
Ignoring community concerns, the president defended rampant data-center growth, claiming these tech giants will make 'massive contributions' to local communities and keep residents 'happy'—a statement at odds with the displacement and environmental harm often caused by such projects. This comes as a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 73% of Americans are worried AI firms haven’t done enough to prevent serious harm, and 55% want to slow AI development—a clear rebuke of Trump’s pro-corporate agenda.
On the same day, the administration rolled out a new AI-driven public-service tool, sponsored by Silicon Valley firms. Trump boasted that the tool was unhackable and ordered agencies to use the term 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence,' a move critics say is more about branding than real safety.