AI leaders gather at the White House and sign a new agreement

Serdar HocamAuthor & Editor

Technology sector pioneers and President Donald Trump have agreed on a voluntary text to provide self-regulation in the field of artificial intelligence.

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Trump says AI leaders signed a 'constitution' to police themselves

President Donald Trump announced at a meeting with prominent figures from the tech world at the White House that artificial intelligence executives have signed a voluntary constitution to oversee the sector.

Critical Summit at the White House

President Donald Trump and tech sector leaders gathered at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the future and potential risks of artificial intelligence.

Government officials along with numerous well-known tech company executives participated in this important meeting.

Participating Tech Leaders

House Speaker Mike Johnson and cabinet members, as well as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, attended the meeting.

Additionally, Elon Musk, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang from Nvidia, and Alex Karp and Shyam Sankar from Palantir were present at the meeting.

Jeff Bezos from Amazon and Greg Brockman from OpenAI were among other notable figures attending this gathering at the White House.

Voluntary and Moral Bindingness

House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that the signed consensus is entirely on a voluntary basis for artificial intelligence companies.

President Trump emphasized that the industry will self-regulate, stating that the agreement, while not legally binding, carries moral weight.

Details and Principles of the Agreement

It was announced that the document signed by the leaders is titled "White House Consensus on Superintelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier AI Responsibilities."

This memorandum of understanding envisions companies establishing robust internal controls and implementing both internal and external auditing layers.

Future Steps and Oversight

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that this signed document is only a beginning and includes multi-layered auditing mechanisms.

Furthermore, President Trump hinted that a special committee could be established in the future to closely monitor this process.