After AI summit, Trump calls for ‘tremendous self-regulation’ by companies

Summary

After hosting nearly 20 technology leaders at a White House lunch, President Donald Trump said artificial intelligence companies should pursue “tremendous self-regulation” rather than face new, tougher safety rules. He argued that existing institutions, including the Justice Department and FBI, already provide government oversight, and said regulation could slow innovation as the United States competes with China. Tech executives including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and other major industry leaders attended the meeting. House Speaker Mike Johnson said participants had signed a “White House Accord on Super Intelligence.” Zuckerberg described the document as a set of principles for internal risk reviews, external audits and evaluations, multiple layers of controls, and independent board review of audit reports. Trump called the accord “morally binding,” indicating that it was voluntary rather than legally enforceable. Trump also said he would sign an executive order renaming artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” and supported data centers while saying companies should work with local communities and help address costs such as energy and education. The meeting took place amid warnings from some AI leaders about severe risks, including the possibility of humans losing control of self-improving systems. Johnson opposed a moratorium and said existing product-liability laws and regulations could apply to AI companies, while Congress showed little urgency to pass new AI legislation. Separately, Trump unveiled America.gov, an AI-powered federal information portal and chatbot intended to provide a single entry point to government resources. A White House official said the service uses Google’s Gemini and xAI’s Grok. Trump said he would end the site if it were hacked.