AI Safety Pledges Meet Regulators and State Pushback

On Sept. 29, President Donald Trump and leaders of major U.S. technology companies signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, a voluntary agreement on AI safety and oversight. The administration is pairing the accord with a new label for AI; the more consequential question is whether a pledge can shape company behavior without binding rules.

Trump described the agreement as “morally binding.”

— NBC News report on the accord

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