From The Verge · Jess Weatherbed · · 1m 50s
Trump's AI leaders sign self-policing pledge
Six tech executives commit to voluntary safety standards instead of federal regulation, drawing praise and skepticism.
In brief
Six tech executives commit to voluntary safety standards instead of federal regulation, drawing praise and skepticism. President Trump hosted six AI leaders who signed a voluntary safety pledge, replacing federal regulation with industry self-policing on artificial intelligence development. Originally reported by The…
Trump reframes AI safety debate
President Donald Trump told journalists that his previous claims about AI safety being a hoax no longer apply now that he has renamed the technology to Super Intelligence.
Six tech leaders sign safety pledge
Google's Sundar Pichai, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, XAI's Elon Musk, and Nvidia's Jensen Huang signed the Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.
Self-policing replaces federal rules
Instead of ushering in federal AI regulations, Trump said the tech leaders are now the smartest people in the world watching over each other with a morally binding safety pledge.
“the smartest people in the world watching over each other”
Zuckerberg calls it historic accord
Mark Zuckerberg said the White House accord on developing technology safely is a meaningful step forward and that nothing like this has come before in the industry.
“I think this is a meaningful step forward”
Brockman emphasizes shared benefits
OpenAI's Greg Brockman said the accords under President Trump's leadership allow everyone to agree on moving forward safely to benefit people in the world through AI advancement.
“We build artificial intelligence to benefit everyone”
Huang calls it largest revolution
Nvidia's Jensen Huang said this is the largest industrial revolution in history and the single largest infrastructure buildout in human history, creating a million jobs in the United States.
“This is the largest industrial revolution in history”
Musk envisions age of abundance
Elon Musk said the most likely outcome is an age of abundance with universal high income and better medical care for everyone through robots and super intelligence.
“an age of abundance where we don't have just universal basic income, we have universal high income”
Amodei warns of real risks ahead
Anthropic's Dario Amodei said AI has incredible benefits but also very real risks, and that the mechanism for addressing those risks is still under discussion among the industry.
“the technology has very real risks and the mechanism how we address those risks is still under discussion”
What it means
President Trump hosted six AI leaders who signed a voluntary safety pledge, replacing federal regulation with industry self-policing on artificial intelligence development.
