Trump releases AI accord with tech executives, formally introduces 'super intelligence'

President Donald Trump and leaders from the nation's premier artificial intelligence firms (AI) have signed a high-profile voluntary accord at the White House, committing major tech corporations to a framework of self-policing and independent safety audits.

Trump released the one-page document on his Truth Social platform - which he had earlier described as "morally binding"-and that urged four layers of controls in companies.

The document was signed by Trump and the bosses ⁠of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, social media platform X and NVIDIA.

The accord asked companies to partner with an external auditor or evaluator to carry out independent assessments of whether ⁠a company's AI control and monitoring systems were operating as intended.

It also urged them to designate an independent committee of the board of directors to oversee and receive reports from internal and external auditors and from teams operating AI controls.

The ⁠accord asked companies to have an internal team to ensure "all of the controls, monitoring and detection are operating as intended."

Additionally it asked for internal controls to monitor capabilities and alignment of AI models during training and deployment around areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity and chemical threats to ensure that models "do not hack or access technical systems in unintended ways."

The agreement brings together chief executives including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.

The newly unveiled White House Accord on Superintelligence establishes multiple layers of safeguards, requiring participating companies to utilize external auditors and designate independent board committees to monitor advanced systems.

The pact focuses heavily on mitigating high-stakes hazards such as cybersecurity exploits, biosecurity threats, and unauthorized system self-preservation behaviors.

Trump described the pact as a "morally binding" document akin to a corporate constitution, emphasizing that the administration intends to foster rapid innovation while maintaining accountability.

Concurrently, the administration announced a sweeping executive directive requiring federal executive agencies to officially replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" or "SI" in all official government documentation.

While industry leaders welcomed the alignment on self-regulation standards, the summit also addressed contentious infrastructure hurdles, including the massive energy and data-center expansions required to fuel future model training across the country.