Trump backs voluntary AI safety agreement with major tech firms

Summary

• President Donald Trump has backed a voluntary agreement with six major technology companies aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence safety controls, but the pact contains no penalties or enforcement mechanism for companies that fail to comply.
• The one-page accord calls on companies to establish internal controls for their most capable AI models, work with independent external auditors and create board-level committees to review audit findings.
• David Sacks, a former White House AI adviser who now co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, has argued that AI companies should develop safe products without government intervention.

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President Donald Trump has backed a voluntary agreement with six major technology companies aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence safety controls, but the pact contains no penalties or enforcement mechanism for companies that fail to comply.

The agreement, signed at the White House on Sept. 29, was described by Trump as “morally binding.” The signatories are Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google and xAI, the artificial intelligence company owned by Elon Musk that is part of SpaceX.