US President Donald Trump has hosted a high-profile meeting with some of the world’s leading technology and artificial intelligence executives, with participants agreeing to voluntary safety standards for the development and deployment of advanced AI systems.
Among those attending were Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Elon Musk, whose companies include xAI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and other technology executives also attended the White House gathering.
Following the meeting, Zuckerberg said the agreement was intended to give Americans and technology users greater confidence that AI systems would operate as intended.
“We want to give the American people and our customers confidence that the technology works in the way that we intend,” Zuckerberg said, describing the discussions as a “historic conversation”.
The voluntary accord calls on companies developing advanced AI systems to establish stronger internal controls, conduct risk assessments and subject their technology to external audits. Companies are also expected to review their systems regularly and strengthen oversight of potential safety risks.
Zuckerberg said participating companies had agreed to “multiple layers of auditing and controls”, including internal evaluations and independent external reviews.
Huang said there was no conflict between technological innovation and safety, arguing that companies needed to develop technologies that could advance both AI capabilities and safety.
Amodei, whose company Anthropic has been among those raising concerns about the risks associated with increasingly powerful AI systems, also endorsed the agreement, describing it as a starting point for building public confidence.
Trump described the agreement as “morally binding” and said companies would effectively be responsible for policing their own AI development. The accord is voluntary rather than legally enforceable, although it states that some of its measures could eventually be incorporated into laws or regulations.
The meeting brought together executives from competing technology companies at a time of growing debate over how governments and the industry should manage the risks posed by increasingly capable AI systems.
The White House has indicated that further discussions on AI oversight will follow, including the possibility of establishing a committee to monitor developments in the sector. Trump has also said he plans to appoint an AI czar to coordinate the administration’s AI initiatives.