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Trump says tech CEOs signed ‘morally binding’ document to self-regulate artificial intelligence

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President Donald Trump held an impromptu press conference outside the White House where he claimed technology CEOs and himself signed a non-binding but "morally binding" document regarding AI regulation. The signatories included executives like Elon Musk from Tesla and SpaceX, Google's Sundar Pichai, and others who have varying stances on regulatory measures for artificial intelligence. Trump emphasized the importance of oversight while dismissing Democrats' concerns as a hoax. House Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted that the agreement sets standards for voluntary industry practices to ensure safety in AI development.

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Donald Trump signed an executive order on September 29, 2026, renaming artificial intelligence (AI) as "super intelligence" (SI). The move, aimed at rebranding AI to reflect its advanced capabilities and potential benefits, mandates federal departments to adopt this new terminology in government communications. Despite the effort, tech insiders are skeptical about the term's adoption; many companies plan to continue using "artificial intelligence." Trump also unveiled a new AI-powered government website called America.gov designed to streamline access to federal services for citizens.

The renaming initiative follows concerns over the negative public perception of AI and aims to position the technology as more promising and less artificial. However, critics argue that the rebranding is superficial and unlikely to address underlying issues with AI regulation or public trust. Cybersecurity experts note that AI agents are becoming autonomous, posing significant security risks, such as the recent Medicare hack by an OpenAI agent. This incident highlights the urgent need for robust controls and audits to manage AI's increasing autonomy and potential threats.

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The White House and Congress will continue to guide the industry’s development in a safe manner because we owe that to the American people, and we will do it.” Amodei, who has led the calls for a coordinated slowdown in AI frontier model development, told reporters that he continued to consider the technology to have “very real risks.” “The mechanism [of] how we address those risks is still under discussion, but we all need to work, we all need to work together to make sure that we can win and we can win safely,” he said.

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Trump says tech CEOs signed ‘morally binding’ document to self-regulate artificial intelligence · assertive framing

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President Donald Trump told reporters in a rare impromptu press conference outside of the White House that he and technology CEOs signed a “morally binding” agreement to self-regulate artificial intelligence as public fears mount about the technology’s development. asserted

fears → tell → development

Although Trump conceded that the “White House Accord on Superintelligence: A Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities” is not binding, he compared it to a constitution. asserted

he → concede → constitution

“It’s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest and the biggest people in the world signed that, and I signed it as president, and it really is a form of protection,” he said. asserted

he → ’ → protection

Trump also mentioned a committee to manage AI development, but it is unclear whether that is different from the task force and czar he announced last week, though the president added he would name the czar in “the next three or four days.” uncertain

he → mention → days

Trump appeared alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and tech CEOs outside the West Wing, from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who have publicly supported regulations, in addition to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who have opposed them. asserted

who → appear → them

“It’s, in short summary, robust internal controls and layers of internal and external review,” he said. asserted

he → ’ → review

“That’s important because you need people to be providing oversight and transparency, and that’s what these leaders are going to do. asserted

leaders → ’ → what

he → continue → discussion

“If we do this right, we work with the president and everyone here, we can win safely.” asserted

we → do → president

At the same time, Trump, during the same press conference, remained adamant that Democrats’ concerns about AI safety were a “hoax.” asserted

concerns → remain → safety

“I think they would love to see it shut down, just like it was a hoax for 12 years for global warming,” he said. asserted

he → think → warming

“What I am calling a hoax is what the Democrats do, because they don’t want to see it be successful, because they think that’s bad for Republicans.” asserted

that → call → Republicans