President Donald Trump and top tech executives unveiled a voluntary pact to bolster safeguards for advanced AI systems, underscoring the administration’s preference for industry self-policing over formal regulation. Leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI and Nvidia committed to internal controls, independent audits and ongoing coordination on standards, with the option to codify measures later. The move comes as 20 nations and the EU push for tighter international oversight and as recent safety incidents prompt companies to pause or pull back model releases. Critics fault the accord as nonbinding and vague, while supporters argue it preserves U.S. tech leadership amid strategic competition with China.
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