The Trump administration launched America.gov, an AI chatbot Trump called 'one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time.' Social media users have since pointed out that the chatbot's responses to questions about the United States are factual and neutral, sometimes contradicting Trump's own claims or framing.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-30
President Trump unveiled a voluntary agreement in which leading AI companies pledge to adopt internal safety controls, dedicated safety teams, independent audits and board-level oversight committees. Signatories include Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, SpaceX's Elon Musk and OpenAI's Greg Brockman. Trump described the accord as 'morally binding' rather than legally enforceable, with no mechanism to compel compliance.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-30
On Tuesday, roughly two dozen AI companies—including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta and Google—signed a voluntary agreement with the Trump administration to adopt White House-recommended safety controls, including independent audits of cybersecurity, biosecurity, chemical-threat and model-behavior risks. The pact imposes no legal obligations, and Trump called it 'morally binding,' comparing it to a constitution while leaving open the possibility of eventually codifying its terms into law.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-30
President Trump met with executives including Sundar Pichai, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang to sign a 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.' The document commits companies to internal safety controls, internal oversight teams, independent external audits, and board-level committees to monitor AI risks like cybersecurity and biosecurity threats.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-30
The Trump administration unveiled America.gov, a new website intended to let Americans use an AI chatbot to handle tasks such as renewing a passport, enrolling in Medicare or applying for disaster relief through one central portal. The initial version only answers questions, with more advanced functions like step-by-step application processing not expected until 2027, according to officials including National Design Studio lead Joseph Gebbia.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-30
President Trump convened executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Nvidia and other firms at the White House, where they agreed to voluntary AI safety standards including independent audits and safeguards against AI systems hacking other technical systems. Trump also endorsed continued rapid expansion of AI data centers despite concerns about electricity demand and costs to local communities, floated a 10-member oversight board, and directed agencies to use the term 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence.'
politics.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-30
President Trump and AI industry leaders including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Anthropic's Dario Amodei signed a voluntary 'Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities' pledging safety controls for AI development. A photo of the signed document posted by Trump to Truth Social shows 'United States' spelled as 'Unites States' directly beneath his signature, while other signatories' names and companies are spelled correctly.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
Leaders from major AI companies signed an accord with the White House outlining voluntary commitments to develop AI technology safely. Executives described the agreement as an initial step meant to build public and customer confidence that AI systems work as intended, rather than a final or comprehensive solution.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-30
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop using the terms 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI' and instead use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' wherever legally possible. The order, issued after a White House lunch with AI industry leaders, argues that today's AI capabilities have outgrown the original terminology coined 70 years ago.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-30
President Trump hosted executives from Alphabet, Meta, SpaceX, Nvidia, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI and other firms at a White House lunch, where they signed a two-page 'Accord on Super Intelligence' committing companies to develop AI safely on their own terms. The document does not create any binding government oversight, and Trump has previously dismissed AI safety fears as a 'hoax.'
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-30
President Trump publicly defended his administration's minimal-regulation stance on artificial intelligence after industry voices raised safety and oversight concerns, according to a Wall Street Journal risk report. The same briefing noted that English soccer club Manchester City was found guilty of extensive financial rule violations, and that OpenAI pulled back the planned release of a new AI model citing safety issues.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-30
During a press scrum following a meeting with tech executives including Jeff Bezos, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk, a reporter asked President Trump why he has called AI safety concerns a 'hoax.' White House staffers quickly ended the event and moved to clear reporters from the room as the question was asked.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-30