Trump and six tech leaders sign voluntary AI self-oversight accord

President Donald Trump and six tech leaders signed a voluntary AI accord on Tuesday that asks companies to police their own systems. Reuters reported that the accord sets out four layers of oversight. Companies would use internal controls to monitor model behavior from training through release, with hacking, biological and chemical risks singled out. An internal team would check those controls. Each company would work with an outside auditor for independent testing. An independent board committee would review findings from the auditors and control teams. The accord says participating companies will meet regularly to set safety standards and best practices. AP reported that Trump signed alongside Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and xAI founder Elon Musk. Trump called the voluntary commitment morally binding. The accord says putting its steps into law may make sense over time. Reporting on the document so far has not identified who would select the auditors. It has not identified the standards they would use or what would happen if a control failed. Trump said he will name an overseer in the coming days. Trump suggested about 10 people would sit on a committee. Trump dismissed calls for AI guardrails earlier this month. Amodei urged an AI slowdown in an essay earlier this month. Amodei said the technology carries real risks and the response remains under discussion. House Speaker Mike Johnson has argued that AI safety falls on developers.