President Donald Trump and executives from six major technology companies signed a voluntary agreement on Tuesday aimed at strengthening internal safeguards for advanced artificial intelligence systems, as concerns grow over the technology’s potential risks.
The agreement was unveiled after a White House luncheon. It was signed by Trump, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and xAI CEO Elon Musk, reported Reuters. Other attendees included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Trump described the agreement as “almost like a constitution” and said he thought it was “morally binding,” while saying he was seeing “tremendous self-policing” by the industry. He also said he was considering a 10-person committee to oversee AI safety and that he planned to name an official to lead White House AI policy.
Companies Commit to Four Layers of Oversight
Under the accord, participating companies commit to developing internal systems to monitor the capabilities and alignment of their models during training and deployment.
The companies are expected to address risks involving areas such as cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical threats, while also working to prevent AI systems from accessing or attacking computer systems in unintended ways.
- The agreement calls for four primary layers of oversight:
- Companies should maintain strong internal controls to monitor their systems and identify problems.
- Internal teams should oversee those controls and ensure identified problems are addressed.
- Independent outside auditors or evaluators should assess whether the controls and monitoring systems are working properly.
- Independent board committees should review reports from internal teams and outside auditors and oversee the correction of identified problems.
The companies also agreed to meet regularly to develop standards and best practices for improving the safety of their systems.
The document says the measures could eventually be incorporated into laws or regulations, but the commitments announced on Tuesday are voluntary.
Zuckerberg Says Accord Is a Starting Point
Zuckerberg said the measures are intended to give the American people and customers greater confidence that the technology will work as intended, reported UPI. He said the companies would use internal controls and detection systems alongside outside auditing, with an independent board committee reviewing those reports.
“I think that these are good steps forward,” Zuckerberg said.
He described the agreement as a start rather than a final framework, saying, “The idea isn’t that this is the only thing that we will ever do. It is that this is a start and an accord that the whole industry could come to.”
Trump Directs Government To Use “Super Intelligence”
Trump also signed an executive order directing federal agencies to replace the terms “artificial intelligence” and “AI” with “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in executive-branch communications and other non-statutory materials.
The order says the new terminology is intended to reflect what the administration describes as the rapidly advancing capabilities of the technology. It directs agencies to use the new terms in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports and policy documents, while leaving existing statutory references unchanged.
The order also directs the assistant to the president for science and technology to develop a proposed federal definition of “Super Intelligence” and recommend any additional actions needed to implement the terminology.
Trump has promoted the change in recent public remarks, saying the technology has advanced beyond what the term artificial intelligence originally described.
White House Meeting Also Focused on Industry Growth
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the meeting was intended to balance public interests, technological development, and the United States’ ability to compete internationally.
Johnson characterized the agreement as a voluntary statement of principles and standards centered on internal controls and layers of internal and external review.
Trump also addressed the rapid expansion of AI data centers and their potential effects on communities. He defended the industry’s growth and said technology companies would make substantial contributions to communities where major facilities are developed.
The White House gathering brought together government officials and executives at a time when policymakers, researchers, and technology companies continue to debate how advanced AI systems should be developed, monitored, and governed.
Document Typo Draws Criticism
“Learn how to use AI to check your spelling please,” X user David Kirsten responded.
“You should have used that ‘Super Intelligence’ to spell the country’s name correctly. What an embarrassment,” AloneInTheCenter posted.
