OpenAI, Google and Meta pledge outside AI audits under voluntary White House deal
Major AI companies including OpenAI, Google, and Meta have signed a voluntary agreement with the White House to implement outside AI safety audits. While President Trump described the deal as 'morally binding,' critics note it lacks enforcement mechanisms and allows companies to choose their own auditors.
Why it matters
This agreement represents a significant, albeit non-binding, step toward self-regulation in the rapidly evolving and potentially risky field of artificial intelligence.
President Donald Trump called the agreement "morally binding." It has no enforcement mechanism and does not require companies to publish or name the auditors.
"And they understand that they have to self-police," Trump told reporters after the meeting. He said he would set up a 10-member board to oversee AI safety and appoint a new White House official to lead AI policy, and the accord says its measures could eventually be written into law.
Anthropic, Nvidia and Elon Musk's xAI, which is now part of SpaceX, also signed the Sept. 29 agreement. OpenAI was represented by President Greg Brockman, alongside Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Nvidia's Jensen Huang.
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