Trump met with top AI leaders and said afterward there was "a lot of commonality in this room" on the idea that companies, not federal regulators, should police themselves as AI systems grow more powerful. He and the assembled executives said they had signed something called an "Accord on Super Intelligence," though the document wasn't released right away.
The meeting comes as worries mount over AI systems slipping beyond human control, a concern that has pushed some lawmakers and researchers to push for federal guardrails. Trump's stance signals the White House intends to let the companies building the technology set their own rules rather than impose binding restrictions from Washington.
For the tech industry, that's a win, avoiding new compliance costs and regulatory hurdles while racing to build ever more capable systems. It also means the people building the technology are the ones deciding how careful to be with it.
The accord's contents remain under wraps, so nobody outside that Washington room knows yet what the industry actually promises to do.