Trump, six AI companies sign voluntary AI safety accord

President Donald Trump and leaders of six AI companies signed a voluntary accord at the White House on Sept. 29 that calls for internal controls, outside audits and board-level review of AI development. The framework is not legally binding. The reports reviewed for this story identified no specific penalties or federal enforcement authority.

The disclosed company signatories were Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Elon Musk on behalf of xAI. Trump signed alongside them.

A one-page copy was posted later Tuesday after early accounts said the pact had not yet been released. Reports describing that copy say it calls for “robust internal controls,” independent external auditing, board review of audit reports and regular meetings to establish safety standards and best practices. It also says the measures could later be codified in laws or regulations.

Trump described the accord as “morally binding.” For now, compliance depends on company participation rather than a legally enforceable rule.

The reports did not identify which models, capabilities, companies or risk thresholds the controls cover. They also did not identify implementation deadlines or public-reporting requirements; explain who would select or pay outside auditors; define auditor independence or methodology; or describe how adverse findings would be handled.

Trump suggested creating a committee of roughly 10 people to oversee the effort and said he would select an overseer after consulting the industry. The available reporting did not establish that the committee or overseer had been finalized.

Amodei said the technology presents “very real risks” and that the mechanism for addressing them remained under discussion.

Other technology executives attended the White House meeting, but the disclosed signatory list names only the six companies. Attendance alone does not establish that another company joined the accord.