Trump, AI leaders sign voluntary accord on safety reviews
US President Donald Trump and leaders of major artificial intelligence companies have signed a voluntary accord committing the firms to internal and independent external reviews of their AI safety controls.
The agreement, signed on Tuesday by Trump, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and xAI founder Elon Musk, leaves open the possibility of future legislation.
Under the accord, the companies will establish “robust internal controls”, work with independent external auditors to assess them and create board committees to review audit reports.
Trump said he would name an official to oversee the agreement after consulting with the industry.
“Over time, it may make sense to codify these steps into laws and regulations,” the accord said.
Trump praised the executives for developing a technology he said would drive “unbelievable growth”, while also arguing that the US should not restrict AI development.
The agreement comes amid growing bipartisan opposition to the construction of AI data centres in communities across the country, particularly over their impact on energy costs.
Trump said the companies had agreed to provide more financial support to local schools or take steps to reduce energy costs.
Anthropic’s Amodei, one of the industry’s more vocal advocates for slowing AI development, cautioned that “the technology has very real risks”, while experts questioned whether voluntary self-regulation would be sufficient.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump unveiled an AI chatbot on the US government’s America.gov website designed to help Americans navigate government services.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the platform could eventually allow people to apply for a first-time passport entirely online.
Trump also said the US-China race to develop AI was a competition with “no second place”, despite the two countries agreeing last week to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents.