AI companies sign voluntary White House accord on internal oversight
Donald Trump and executives from leading AI companies have signed a voluntary accord calling for internal controls, independent audits and board oversight of AI development. The agreement does not create legislation or legal liability, while Trump continued to oppose measures he said could restrict the technology’s growth.
US President Donald Trump and executives from leading artificial-intelligence companies have signed a voluntary accord on oversight of the technology. The agreement was announced after a White House meeting focused on AI’s risks and the rapid expansion of data centres. Signatories included Trump, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and Elon Musk.
The accord calls for companies to establish robust internal controls, work with an independent external auditor and create board committees to review reports from internal and external auditors. It says the measures could eventually be written into laws and regulations. Trump described the agreement as “morally binding” and said he would appoint someone to oversee it after consulting industry representatives.
The arrangement does not introduce legislation, legal liability or binding government regulation. Some of the measures are already used or have previously been promised by the companies. Amodei said AI posed real risks and that the method for addressing them remained under discussion.
Trump nevertheless said the United States should not limit AI development or impose what he called guardrails that could restrain growth. The meeting also addressed local opposition to data centres. Trump said companies had agreed to provide more support for local schools or reduce energy costs.
He presented AI development as a competition between the United States and China, while saying he did not want excessive cooperation with Beijing.
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