Trump and major AI executives sign "morally binding" voluntary controls

President Trump convened and signed a one-page, voluntary safety accord with leaders of major AI companies - including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei, Jensen Huang, Greg Brockman and Sundar Pichai - committing firms to what he called "morally binding" controls. The agreement, posted to Truth Social, outlines four layers of controls and audits (internal evaluations, external firm audits, board reviews and regular industry meetings to set standards and best practices) and describes a joint commitment to managing "super intelligence." Trump said executives will form a 10-person oversight committee and said he will name an "AI czar" within days; he also signed an executive order directing federal usage of the term "Super Intelligence." The accord states these voluntary steps could later be codified into law.

The meeting came amid growing concern about advanced models behaving unpredictably, reports of breaches and calls from some researchers to slow development. Industry views diverge: Anthropic and OpenAI figures have urged caution, while Nvidia and others argue safety and innovation can advance together. Broader worries include job displacement and a surge in data-center growth; some lawmakers, notably Sen. Mark Warner, rejected voluntary-only approaches and urged mandatory testing, evaluation and incident-reporting requirements for the most powerful systems.