By Decrypt Staff
Publication Date: 2026-09-30 16:06:00
President Donald Trump released a one-page artificial intelligence accord Tuesday, signed by the leaders of the biggest AI companies, that asks them to voluntarily police their own systems as fears mount over the technology’s risks.
Trump posted the document to his Truth Social platform after gathering executives at the White House, describing it as “morally binding.”
It was signed by Trump and the heads of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, X and Nvidia, according to the document. OpenAI was represented by President Greg Brockman, alongside Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk, whose xAI is now part of SpaceX.
The accord lays out four voluntary measures. It asks companies to maintain robust internal controls to monitor their models, particularly around cybersecurity, biosecurity and chemical threats, and to ensure the systems “do not hack or access technical systems in unintended ways.”
It also calls for an internal team to verify those controls are working, an external auditor to independently assess them, and an independent board committee to oversee the whole arrangement. The document says the steps could eventually be codified into law.
The pact carries no penalties for falling short, and critics were quick to note its nonbinding nature and thin detail. Trump, who has previously downplayed AI risks, said he would set up a roughly 10-person committee to oversee the effort and name an official to lead…
